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September 19, 2026 at 6:24 AM
September 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Leander has been experimenting with 50-130mm focal lengths achieving good Milky Way details. Pictured is an area just north of Aquila with lots of dark pockets using the 70mm end of a 70-200 on a DX body. Photo Credit: Leander Hutton #Astrophotography #astronomy #highcountry
September 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Leander has been experimenting with 50-130mm focal lengths achieving good Milky Way details. Pictured is an area just north of Aquila with lots of dark pockets using the 70mm end of a 70-200 on a DX body. Photo Credit: Leander Hutton #Astrophotography #astronomy #highcountry
September 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The Lansing Working Group/Ashe DSC assisting the Blue Ridge Rising Project get an outdoor lighting audit on the town of Floyd,VA. Beverly Hill, Public Health Emergency Coordinator
New River Health District and Floyd County advocate is seen here taking readings. Thank you, Beverly!
New River Health District and Floyd County advocate is seen here taking readings. Thank you, Beverly!
September 11, 2026 at 4:27 AM
The Lansing Working Group/Ashe DSC assisting the Blue Ridge Rising Project get an outdoor lighting audit on the town of Floyd,VA. Beverly Hill, Public Health Emergency Coordinator
New River Health District and Floyd County advocate is seen here taking readings. Thank you, Beverly!
New River Health District and Floyd County advocate is seen here taking readings. Thank you, Beverly!
"The focus of this study was to break down each step towards achieving the DarkSky Community certification and provide a synopsis of how close Charlottesville is based on current conditions."
By Pierce Harding, University of Virginia
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By Pierce Harding, University of Virginia
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September 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM
"The focus of this study was to break down each step towards achieving the DarkSky Community certification and provide a synopsis of how close Charlottesville is based on current conditions."
By Pierce Harding, University of Virginia
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By Pierce Harding, University of Virginia
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Two views capture opposite sides of the Veil Nebula, glowing remains of a massive star that exploded thousands of years ago which trace the expanding shock front of an ancient supernova as delicate filaments of energized gas stretch across the constellation Cygnus. #Astronomy #NightSky #Space
September 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Two views capture opposite sides of the Veil Nebula, glowing remains of a massive star that exploded thousands of years ago which trace the expanding shock front of an ancient supernova as delicate filaments of energized gas stretch across the constellation Cygnus. #Astronomy #NightSky #Space
Last night's results of the Northern Lagoon Neb from David Heflin.
September 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Last night's results of the Northern Lagoon Neb from David Heflin.
Not great conditions for the Sherpa, but good enough. Imaging some faint nebulae with a new camera on a f/2.8 hyperbolic newtonian. #Astronomy #astrophotography
September 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Not great conditions for the Sherpa, but good enough. Imaging some faint nebulae with a new camera on a f/2.8 hyperbolic newtonian. #Astronomy #astrophotography
200th post! One of our more seasoned astrophotographers had fun using a late 70s/early 80s vintage Reflex-Nikkor 1000mm lens which is basically a tiny Maksutov for Thursday night's lunar eclipse:
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Photo credit: Leander Hutton
#astrophotography #astronomy
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Photo credit: Leander Hutton
#astrophotography #astronomy
August 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
200th post! One of our more seasoned astrophotographers had fun using a late 70s/early 80s vintage Reflex-Nikkor 1000mm lens which is basically a tiny Maksutov for Thursday night's lunar eclipse:
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Photo credit: Leander Hutton
#astrophotography #astronomy
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Photo credit: Leander Hutton
#astrophotography #astronomy
August 28, 2026 at 5:19 AM
August 27, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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Saturn is rising earlier and earlier! Between the clouds last night on the parkway-- Meade 8 inch SCT HD and QHY5iii585mc
Saturn is rising earlier and earlier! Between the clouds last night on the parkway-- Meade 8 inch SCT HD and QHY5iii585mc
August 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
#astro #astronomy #astrophotography
Saturn is rising earlier and earlier! Between the clouds last night on the parkway-- Meade 8 inch SCT HD and QHY5iii585mc
Saturn is rising earlier and earlier! Between the clouds last night on the parkway-- Meade 8 inch SCT HD and QHY5iii585mc
Another good evening at the DSO. David is helping visitors appreciate some of the faint objects out there under a moonlit sky. #AppState #Astronomy
August 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Another good evening at the DSO. David is helping visitors appreciate some of the faint objects out there under a moonlit sky. #AppState #Astronomy
We can always depend on our local astrophotographer, lead DarkSky consultant, and outreach specialist David Heflin to supply us with striking images of the night sky from Ashe County. Thank you, David! #astrophotography #astronomy
August 20, 2026 at 12:42 AM
We can always depend on our local astrophotographer, lead DarkSky consultant, and outreach specialist David Heflin to supply us with striking images of the night sky from Ashe County. Thank you, David! #astrophotography #astronomy
Knights of the Round Table! Lansing's very own DarkSky Working Group hard at work making the very first International DarkSky Community in North Carolina. #DarkSky #NorthCarolina
August 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Knights of the Round Table! Lansing's very own DarkSky Working Group hard at work making the very first International DarkSky Community in North Carolina. #DarkSky #NorthCarolina
The Plumage of Shroomage!: A collage of macroscopic shots of mushroom "plumage" collected by Julie Mullis of the NPS. #Lightpollution #Fungi #Mushrooms
Artificial Light at Night can disrupt plant-fungal interactions and alter mycorrhizal communities:
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Artificial Light at Night can disrupt plant-fungal interactions and alter mycorrhizal communities:
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August 10, 2026 at 6:46 AM
The Plumage of Shroomage!: A collage of macroscopic shots of mushroom "plumage" collected by Julie Mullis of the NPS. #Lightpollution #Fungi #Mushrooms
Artificial Light at Night can disrupt plant-fungal interactions and alter mycorrhizal communities:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Artificial Light at Night can disrupt plant-fungal interactions and alter mycorrhizal communities:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Two metrics worth measuring when informing communities about their lighting situation: Melanopic Equivalent Daylight Illuminance (M-EDI) which measures circadian disruption potential in humans and the percent of blue wavelengths in the spectral distribution x luminosity which describes eco impact.
August 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Two metrics worth measuring when informing communities about their lighting situation: Melanopic Equivalent Daylight Illuminance (M-EDI) which measures circadian disruption potential in humans and the percent of blue wavelengths in the spectral distribution x luminosity which describes eco impact.
Major Shroomage in the high country this week. Check out Mount Jefferson, Price Lake, and Doughton Park this weekend. We are hoping to see bioluminescent "Foxfire" species. Happy hunting. #mushrooms #darksky #ecology
August 5, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Major Shroomage in the high country this week. Check out Mount Jefferson, Price Lake, and Doughton Park this weekend. We are hoping to see bioluminescent "Foxfire" species. Happy hunting. #mushrooms #darksky #ecology
DSI-NC and a few members of the working group helping to promote DarkSky practices at Moth Mania at the Daniel Boone Native Gardens. Next year we will consider holding a moth/nocturnal pollinator appreciation event in Lansing during Moth Week. Thanks guys! #Moth #DarkSky #NorthCarolina
July 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
DSI-NC and a few members of the working group helping to promote DarkSky practices at Moth Mania at the Daniel Boone Native Gardens. Next year we will consider holding a moth/nocturnal pollinator appreciation event in Lansing during Moth Week. Thanks guys! #Moth #DarkSky #NorthCarolina