A brilliant (or dim) initiative in Cloughjordan Ecovillage... dark sky friendly lighting scheme is now active. Every street needs this now! Collaboration between the community, Tipperary County Council, a lighting designer and biodiversity studies. Congrats all!

#cloughjordanecovillage #darksky #cloughjordan #nightscape #nightsky

M44 - Beehive Cluster
610 light years away in the constellation Cancer. It is an open cluster with approximately 1000 stars in the local group. It is a naked eye object only in really dark skies, but it makes a great visual object in a telescope or binoculars.

#astrophotography #astronomy #deepsky #darksky #cloughjordandarkskybowl #beehivecluster #seestar_s50

M42 - Great Nebula in Orion
Approximately 1270 light years away, this region of star formation is a naked eye object when visibility allows. The central area contains 4 young stars known as the trapezium.

#astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #deepsky #darksky #m42 #cloughjordan #cloughjordandarkskybowl #orion

NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula. A dark reflection nebula in the Constellation Cepheus. This pale blue reflection nebula is named after the Iris flower, which it resembles. It is illuminated from within by a few bright stars giving it an eerie glow.

#astronomy #astrophotography #seestar_s50 #nebula #darksky #deepsky #cloughjordandarkskybowl

Star trails behind a beech tree.

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Blown away by this night sky shown on a TV programme. It is seen in NZ from a place on the South Island that is a #DarkSky Sanctuary.

https://darksky.org/places/tahuna-glenorchy/

"Das Naturnachtgebiet Eisenwurzen in Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und der Steiermark ist von der Organisation Dark Sky International als „Dark Sky Reserve“ zertifiziert worden. Ziel des Projekts ist, Lichtverschmutzung zu reduzieren und den natürlichen Nachthimmel zu bewahren."

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https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3346376/

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