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October’s Night Sky Notes: Catch Andromeda Rising!

Composite image showing a spiral galaxy. The dust and gas is illuminated by bright stars,

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Turn Supermoon Hype into Lunar Learning

illustration of the Moon at perigee and apogee as seen from Earth

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September’s Night Sky Notes: Marvelous Moons

An image of Saturn and small dots representing the moons: Iapetus, Titan, Enceladus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione.

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The Summer Triangle’s Hidden Treasures

Image of the constellations Cygnus, Lyra, Aquila, Vulpecula, Sagitta, and Delphinus in the night sky.

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August’s Night Sky Notes: Seeing Double

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Prepare for Perseids!

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A globular cluster of thousands of stars, mainly white and yellow with small blue stars intermixed.

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July’s Night Sky Notes: A Hero, a Crown, and Possibly a Nova!

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These views, captured from the Sun-facing side of Earth, show the change in Earth’s tilt between the December (left) and June (right) solstices. These images were taken by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s DSCOVR satellite in December 2018 and June 2019.

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Tropical Solstice Shadows

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Europa Clipper: First NASA Mission to an Ocean World

On September 25, 2024, Dr. Bonnie Buratti discussed Jupiter’s moon Europa, and what NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will investigate upon arrival in 2030.

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Artist rendition of the Europa Clipper probe with brown-striped Europa in the foregound, and Jupiter in the far background. An image of the speaker in the bottom right corner.

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After sunset, with oranges and pinks in the darkening sky, a young person appears in silhouette, looking through a telescope, pointed toward right. A group of adults, also in silhouette, are visible in the background.

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

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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.

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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