#astro #astronomy #astrophotography 3 day old waxing crescent moon 10% of surface illuminated Meade 8 inch with .63 focal reducer Canon t2i

Moon Between, Earth Between. This is a composite of 2 single frames. One of the 2024 Solar eclipse captured by Cory Dalton with a capture of the March 2025 Lunar Eclipse taken by John Boston "Star Sherpa" superimposed. #astrophotography #astronomy #astro

Everything you need to know about the upcoming Lunar eclipse beginning at about 5 am on Tuesday March 3rd and ending at around 6am and/or sunrise (Eastern US). #astronomy #astro #astrophotography

#astro #astronomy #astrophotography The upcoming lunar blood eclipse March 3 with totality near sunrise. You will need a clear view of the lower western sky here in NC. Nice partial views like this from last March where in upper stratosphere, ozone absorbs red light and allows blue light to pass.

#astro #astronomy #astrophotography Orion Nebula (RASA 11 ASI071MC 5 sec F/2.2)

Advocate Jennifer Varadi took a wonderful image of the 2017 Solar eclipse's corona at totality, her brother superimposed the following total Lunar eclipse during totality. A composite of totalities. #astrophotography #space #astronomy

The site slides have been updated. Check it out. ashedarksky.org #NCdarksky #Appalachia #AshecountyNC #ExploreAppalachia #DarkSky #DarkSkies #LightPollution #SaveTheNight #DarkSkyFriendly #LightPollutionSolutions #DarkSkyMovement #Astronomy #Stargazing #CitizenScience #Sustainability #EcoTourism

Last night just a tinge before 8:30 pm then nothing. Swpc shows it is settling down.

Not much in the way of Aurora so far in Western NC. A large peak at 7pm showed some cotton candy, otherwise it stayed low on the horizon and has diminished at around 9pm. Hopefully stronger stuff to come over the next 24 to 36 hrs. #aurora #darkskies #astronomy

Light Pollution a New Alzheimer’s Risk Factor share.google/X5sFNSDCyoHR...

#astro #astronomy #astrophotography Jupiter spins at over 28000 mph making a full revolution in less than 10 hours. The red spot (upper right) disappears and Moon Io makes transit (lower right) during wonderful winter imaging session . Get out and enjoy Jupiter at its brightest & all the winter sky!

#astro #astronomy #astrophotography Jupiter and moons near opposition captured with venerable Meade LX90 8 inch SCT F10 and QHY462 imager

Our researchers reveal that light pollution disrupts nocturnal insects & spiders' movements.🏙️🕷️ Dr Rochelle Meah & Prof Nicholas Roberts highlight two key effects: 1️⃣ Masked day-to-night transitions. 🌙🕷️ 2️⃣ Blinded polarized light for navigation.☀️🦋 Read➡️: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Galactic Queen by Dave Green. Prints found here: dave-has-a-camera.com

The Geminids were fairly active Saturday night before clouds rolled in. I would say they were on par at 2 per minute, but a really nice one would come along about every 10 or 15 minutes. John LaShell and John Boston got in some imaging during the event and we had a few outreach opportunities.

Light Hygiene for Circadian Health: A Molecular Perspective share.google/0YbX0izAXcHY...

Christmas in Lansing was a great opportunity to connect with a community which has the potential to be on the cutting edge of circadian supportive lighting. Special thanks to David and Amy Heflin for performing DSI outreach and a very special thanks to Chris and Renée for allowing us to contribute!

Goodbye Waxing Crescent behind the mountain. Photo by John Boston.

Galilean binoculars (William Optics Cat Eyes - each a 168.00 value) were donated to respondents who were found to provide constructive feedback or who encouraged several other survey responses. One respondent each from Jefferson and W. Jefferson. Congratulations to one of the recipients seen here!

A holiday gift idea for dark sky enthusiasts #astrophotography #astronomy #darksky #publichealth jeffpfaller.com/products/dar...

Our first prize draw was concluded today 11/16/2025 at 4pm. Congratulations to the winner! We will give them seven days to respond before moving to the second place winner. Please ignore the term "raffle" in the video. The video of our drawing can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/11dGe...

We were not very optimistic with regard to the weather. November's DSO night turned out fantastic! We got to see just about every object worth sharing through our many various optics, Jupiter being the exception as it was a little too low at the end of the night. #darkskies

Final program at 221 access for the year! Thank you so much to the park staff for letting us enrich the experiences of the campers from time to time this year. We are looking forward to future events next year and many years to come.

Night 2 of aurora was not as good as it appeared to be low on the horizon and constrained directly north. No activity was detected at around 10pm so we packed up. We were able to share a few views of Saturn, Double Cluster, Andromeda, and the Pleiades while doing LP outreach.

Jupiter is rising! Photo credit John Boston.

"Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments." Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Wonderful low latitude aurora taken 2 hours ago at The Lump Overlook on 11/11/25. Even better than last years! #Astronomy #astrophotography #publichealth #lightpollution #ashecounty #northcarolina

We attended the GLAD/Town Council "Friendsgiving" Potluck. We enjoyed the good food and hospitality of the community while having the opportunity to discuss the excellent position and potential Lansing has for becoming the first DarkSky community in Appalachia! #Northcarolina #Ashecounty #Lansing

We are always happy to help with school outreach for potential university students. DSO's open night was a success despite horribly overcast conditions. Everyone got a good look at the Moon and Saturn. Discussions were held about light pollution during DSI's 24 hour One-Sky event.

Our first sidewalk Astronomy event hosted by New River Brewing! Despite poor weather predictions, the sky managed to stay clear enough for the Moon and one of the best views of Saturn this year. Special thanks to owner Greg and his wife and Michelle for support #ashecounty #darksky ##northcarolina

A very important step forward in our understanding of light pollution under cloudy skies, by Miroslav Kocifaj, Fabio Falchi and Frantisek Kundracik "An all-sky light pollution model for global-scale applications that embraces a full range of cloud distributions" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

One of our favorite authors, Leigh Ann Henion has an event in Lansing on 5 December. If you are from the area, please check it out. #Lansing #ashecounty #darksky #northcarolina

We are going to be at the Brewery Saturday. The Moon and Saturn will be right next to each other. Hoping for clear skies. #ashecounty #Astronomy #publichealth #lightpollution #darksky

Our Mount Jefferson event was a bust due to clouds. Got a couple of good view of the Sun and that was it. Thanks to Ranger Tim Abee for support!

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #darsky

Another fine presentation and viewing on dark skies / LP at New River with around thirty guests!

#Astronomy #astrophotography #ashecounty #Jeffersonnc #westjeffersonnc #northcarolina #publichealth #AppState #boone #wataugacounty #mountrogers #ncparks #nature #darksky

Occasionally members like to revive their relationship with the night. One way of doing this is through astrophotography, a low impact hobby. You can achieve fascinating images with inexpensive sensors. For instance, the Pleiades was shot using an old dslr. Credit: D. Heflin x 3 C. Dalton x 1.

Comets used to be visible under dark skies. Now they are hard to appreciate without a camera sensor. #darkskies #astrophotograpy #lightpollution #publichealth

An emerald color of comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is seen in front of a dense southern milky way backdrop. This comet image was taken by one of our volunteers during the October DSO night. #Boone #appstate #astrophotograpy #astronomy #lightpollution #publichealth

October night at the DSO was awesome until it clouded over. The volunteers and students had fun gathering a few images before the show. Photo credit for the milkyway and hand heart shots to the young ladies that took them. #Boone #appstate #astrophotography #astronomy #lightpollution #publichealth

Ashe DSC's own version of the Wizard Nebula by David Heflin. Help us keep light pollution low for these images and Oh, BTW: For human and environmental health! #astrophotography #astronomy #publichealth #ashecounty #appalachianstate #northcarolina #virginia #science #photography #darkskies

A three night stent of viewing/outreach at New River State Park. Tonight is the last night of clear skies for the week. Remember yo keep your outdoor lights necessary, low level, directed, controlled, and warm! #Astronomy #astrophotography #ashecounty #wataugacounty #publichealth #boone #fall

The holidays are near and we at Ashe DSC encourage outdoor holiday lighting that is energy efficient (LED) and pleasantly warm in color. We think these features add great ambience and cheer to the holiday season. Even displays such as this one is of little to no concern. Happy Halloween! #Halloween