Celebrate International Dark Sky Week 19-26 April

This post is adapted from material on the International Dark-Sky Association website:

International Dark Sky Week offers an annual opportunity to consider the role of the night and its star-filled sky in each of our lives. This year International Dark Sky Week occurs from 19 to 26 April. The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is encouraging people around the world to come together online to celebrate the night and engage with authors, creators, scientists, and educators whose works have been vital to the movement to protect the night from light pollution.

“Right now, families around the globe find themselves spending many hours at home together,” notes Ruskin Hartley, IDA’s Executive Director. “It’s a perfect time to reconnect with the night sky — and International Dark Sky Week provides a portal for that experience.”

Presentations will be broadcast live every day during International Dark Sky Week, covering such topics as how to find constellations in the night sky; how cultures around the world, and across time, saw their place in the stars; and what critters are exploring the nighttime environment while we sleep.

The IDA encourages AAS members to invite their families and friends to visit the International Dark Sky Week website to check out the schedule of online presentations. People can also follow along on Facebook and on social media using the hashtags #lookuptogether and #idsw2020.