Cybersecurity Risks Of Assets In Space
When it comes to space, in addition to the obvious risks of operation and placement of assets, the risk posed by cybersecurity threats poses unique challenges. Not only do you have to manage getting the…
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Massachusetts State Park Light Pollution Map
As we previously did articles on the 2024 solar eclipse for the several state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the…
Cybersecurity Perspective: Can Amateur Astronomy Telescopes Be Hacked?
It seems that every week or month there is a new hack that is revealed from the world of cybersecurity, showing that nothing connected to the internet is truly secure. With that in mind, let’s…
Washington State: Lacking IDA Dark Sky Recognized Sites
Looking over the Dark Sky Place finder recently and on an occasional basis always provides some insights into which sites have been approved and maybe potential sites could be eligible for recognition. This doesnt mean…
The Intersection Of Eclipses And The Olympics
With the 2024 Olympics complete and our article regarding the 2028 Olympics overlapping with the 2028 eclipse, it got us thinking about eclipses and the modern Olympics. The modern Olympics started in 1896, so there have been…
Surprising Ways HOAs Can Help Reduce Light Pollution
Reducing light pollution isn’t easy, as is it not something that people think about that often, nor their first priority for things to fix. That said, of all of the ways to get people to…
South Dakota State Parks Light Pollution Map
As we previously did articles on the 2024 solar eclipse for the several state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the…
Pennsylvania State Park Light Pollution Map
As we previously did articles on the 2024 solar eclipse for the several state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the…
How To View Comet C/2023-A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
First discovered in January 2023, and then on independently again on February 22, 2023 by another system, Comet C/2023-A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS gets its name because of the discoverers. The January 2023 sighting was made by the…
September 2024: A Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
On the night of Wednesday, September 17th to the morning of the 18th, 2024 the sky will see a partial lunar eclipse, which is also a supermoon. This will be the 2nd of 2 lunar eclipses that…