| The
Deep Sky This Month
 In the Eyepiece : Objects
to observe by month   
 It's not only astronomers who
should care, and astronomers should be less pessimistic. I am often taken aback by what I
hear people say about light pollution.  Many non-astronomers have concerns
about unnecessary government intrusion/regulation, and have come to see light
pollution as an issue that only affects astronomers.  And worse yet--many
of my fellow astronomers have come to believe that fighting light pollution is a
lost cause, particularly near major urban areas.  Happily, both of these
points of view are uninformed.  
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