Created in 2003 by high-school student Jennifer Barlow, Dark Sky Week has become a worldwide event and a key component of Global Astronomy Month. Each year it is held in April…
Albert WhiteApril 10, 2015
On Monday 27th of January a packed Ring of Kerry hotel in Caherciveen in Kerry saw the Kerry Dark Sky Reserve receive it's official Gold Standard status from the International…
Albert WhiteJanuary 28, 2014
The 2014 Globe at Night Campaign has kicked off! You can find all details on www.globeatnight.org. All you need to do is go outside, find the constellation of Orion and see…
Albert WhiteJanuary 10, 2014
Kerry Dark Skies have a facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/kerrydarkskies Plans are well underway to create a Dark Sky reserve in South Kerry and you can follow their facebook page to get…
Albert WhiteMay 7, 2013
The 2013 Globe at night event takes place this year from April 29th to May 8th. We'd encourage you to take part - their website has all the details! All…
Albert WhiteApril 26, 2013
The BBC reports that "Researchers believe they have come up with a new type of LED-powered streetlamp that could radically reduce light pollution." Potentially this work will allow streetlights to…
Albert WhiteApril 26, 2013
Losing the Dark is a "public service announcement" planetarium show, a collaboration of Loch Ness Productions and the International Dark-Sky Association. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding light…
Albert WhiteMarch 26, 2013
"Leicestershire County Council has saved more than £500,000 in less than three years, simply by switching off or dimming street lights." according to an article in This is Leicestershire. (more…)
Albert WhiteJanuary 10, 2013
There is a great article in todays Irish Times about light pollution. ASTRONOMY IS A FOUNDATION of science. The desire to understand the skies was common to every ancient civilisation,…
Albert WhiteSeptember 20, 2012
The development of street lamps based on solid-state lighting technology is likely to introduce a major change in the colour of urban skyglow (one form of light pollution). We demonstrate…
Albert WhiteAugust 3, 2012
Is darkness becoming extinct? When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves from rural Maine to New York City and discovers streets awash in light and skies devoid of stars, he embarks on…
Albert WhiteJuly 9, 2012
The Dark Sky Programme of the POLARIS - OPP Association and the Astronomical Institute of the Wroclaw University, would like to invite to the 12th European Symposium for the Protection of…
Albert WhiteJune 24, 2012
Over the past while I’ve noticed that some confusion has arisen about the distinctions between Dark Sky Parks and Dark Sky Reserves. In preparation for an upcoming meeting I drew up the following…
Albert WhiteJune 24, 2012
Approximately 80% of County Council owned street lights will switch to a part night basis. This will mean approximately 39,000 street lights will switch off between the hours of midnight…
Albert WhiteJune 24, 2012
