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Writer's pictureVivan Vemula

Stargazing in the Night Sky

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Ever look up at the sky and wonder how us humans came to be after just staring at the sky for at one glance. Some of us its not possible to see most of the extraordinary space entities that are offered in the night sky based on the conditions of where we live or our differing views. 


More specifically, light pollution has taken away millions of stars, planets, and cosmic entities that should be observed with just the naked eye, but taken away. Light pollution is obviously caused by lights, but as people are surrounded by buildings and street lamps, our view of the night sky is taken away because light takes away our vision of it. The light pollution is only expected to increase as time goes on and many children won’t be able to see anything in the night sky as to the extent of which cavemen and our ancestors did.


To avoid the light pollution and to observe stars in the night sky, you must get away from lights and go to remote areas. Some common places to stargaze are mountains, deserts, and islands. All of these places are typically remote and have little lights to prevent stargazing. 


Did you know it is possible to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with just the naked eye? All of us can easily see the Moon, but few can even detect Venus and Mars let alone other planets. Without light pollution, there are countless nebulas, constellations, galaxies, and lights many of which people don’t know even exist because they haven’t gotten the chance to see them in the night sky. 


As each year passes, more light pollution will take over our night sky and prevent us from viewing such creations. We must prevent light pollution from taking over urban areas whether it is through government regulation or shielding lights in order to capture the beauty of space. As of now it would be in your best interest to go to remote areas where the night is very dark and space is very bright to witness the creation of entities in space and life.



References

Eaves, M. (2024, November 3). A practical guide to stargazing. Travel. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/a-practical-guide-to-stargazing 


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