The night sky

May 2022

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The night sky is full of wonder - as this photo of the moon, Saturn, Venus and Mars demonstrates. Photo: Alistair Hall
Apparently, light pollution is so pervasive that one-third of the world’s population can no longer see the Milky Way – a galaxy of 100 thousand million stars.  In big cities like Auckland, the view of the cosmos is a pale imitation of what can be found in remote places.  I’m a bit of an amateur […]
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