Last year, 2009, was designated as the International Year of Astronomy, four hundred years after Galileo first studied the night skies with his telescope. Thousands of people also discovered the night skies in programs at our national parks.
The National Park Service (NPS) is predicting that tens of thousands more will also discover the night skies through their Astronomy Night at the Park programs at sixty national parks in 2010.
Learn more from the dark skies Web site, with tips on lighting, energy conservation, posters, post cards, measuring the night sky, and information on how light pollution affects animals.
Check out the dark skies programs for the various national parks on their individual Web sites or go to the main NPS Web site for further information.
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