Resources

What can you do to save the beauty of our night skies?

• Read the Five Easy Steps to Bring Back the Stars
• Read the NM Night Sky Protection Act
• Schedule a Star Party – a telescope party in your own backyard with Astronomy Adventures and the Capital City Astronomy Club.

Links to learn more about the stars and how to protect them

• Wikisky – a detailed interactive Star Map
• Google Sky – includes a number of ways to explore the night sky
• International Dark Skies Association – the recognized authority for night sky protection
• National Park Service Night Sky Team
• Light Pollution Map – An Interactive world light pollution map

Light pollution articles

• Using Dark Sky Approved Lighting to Reduce Light Pollution
• Earth Week: State and local laws help protect night from light pollution. The New Mexican, by Adele Oliveira, April 24, 2013
• Spivey A 2010. Light at Night and Breast Cancer Risk Worldwide. Environ Health Perspect 118:a525-a525. doi:10.1289/ehp.118-a525
• Chepesiuk R 2009. Missing the Dark- Health Effects of Light Pollution. Environ Health Perspect 117:A20-A27. doi:10.1289/ehp.117-a20
• Sanders and Gaston 2018. How ecological communities respond to artificial light at night. Journal of Experimental Zoology doi.org/10.1002/jez.2157
• Cost and Health Effects of Pollution. US Insurance Agents