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Celebrating 20 Years: Night Sky Network

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December’s Night Sky Notes: Spot the King of Planets

As NASA's Juno spacecraft sped low over the giant planet's cloud tops, on Nov. 29, 2021, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at two of Jupiter's largest moons.
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Astrophotography With Your Smartphone

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November’s Night Sky Notes: Snowballs from Space

Comet McNaught over the Pacific Ocean in January 2007. The comet appears just above a dark horizon in the left of the photo. The Sun is rising at about the same height in the right side, giving the sky an early sunrise gradient. The sky is orange just above the horizon, where the comet and Sun are. From there, the light fades to a navy blue sky speckled with stars. Fanning out from the comet, the comet's tail looks like a fountain spray, extending up through the night sky.
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Night Lights: Aurora, Noctilucent Clouds, and the Zodiacal Light

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October’s Night Sky Notes: Catch Andromeda Rising!

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Turn Supermoon Hype into Lunar Learning

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An image of Saturn and small dots representing the moons: Iapetus, Titan, Enceladus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione.
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September’s Night Sky Notes: Marvelous Moons

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Night Sky Network DecemBER Webinar

2024 Astronomy Picture of the Day

On December 18, 2024, we were joined by Dr. Robert Nemiroff for our annual Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) webinar, where we revisited the highlights of 2024. The APOD archive contains the largest collection of annotated astronomical images on the internet.

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Artist rendition of the solar eclipse, with orange flares, and a photo of Dr. Nemiroff in the bottom right corner.

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2023 Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing at Camino Real Marketplace with the View the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.
2023 Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing at Camino Real Marketplace with the View the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.
Photo by Chuck McPartlin

What is the Night Sky Network?

The Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition of amateur astronomy clubs bringing the science, technology, and inspiration of NASA's missions to the public. We share our time and telescopes to provide you with unique astronomy experiences at science museums, observatories, classrooms, and under the real night sky.

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The Night Sky Network connects you with others in your area to share in the wonder of astronomy.
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Impacts of the Network

Our incredible collection of amateur astronomy clubs bring together the wonder of astronomy and the excitement of NASA missions to their local and regional communities.

- Since 2004, Night Sky Network member clubs have held more than 68,585 events.
- Collectively, our efforts have reached more than 7,366,229 million people.

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Membership in the Night Sky Network enhances the public outreach astronomy clubs do. It encourages more club members to participate and increases the confidence of those who do.
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