EarthSky News - Nov 26 - Our Nights are Brighter, and Brighter

November 26 Our Nights are Brighter, and Brighter by:

Our nights are brighter, and brighter The International Dark-Sky Association has campaigned for decades to reduce artificial light at night. Yet a new study shows our night skies still brightening at a rate of 2 percent each year. Do you know Messier 33? Say hello to the much-photographed Triangulum galaxy - aka Messier 33 - a face-on pinwheel of swarming suns and the second-nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. Star of the week: Hamal Hamal is the brightest star in Aries the Ram. How to find it in your sky. Tonight and tomorrow … Moon sweeps past Neptune You won't see Neptune in the moon's glare tonight, even with optical aid and a sky chart. Still, tonight's moon can point the way for later this month.

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Moon sweeps past Neptune The star Lambda Aquarii is your guide star to Neptune, once the moon has gone. Neptune demands high-quality binoculars or a telescope, patience and a detailed star chart.

Birdseye view of iceberg A-68A Giant iceberg A-68A calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf. This photo, taken from a NASA aircraft on November 11, shows part of the iceberg's edge and open water. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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