Hey all,
This 'Earth Hour' thing is a blessing in disguise for us as astro-fans: awareness into excessive power consumption through functions as this can only benefit both our passion and the climate
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I can see less today with my 10" f/5 scope than my 5" f/10 SCT 18 yrs ago.
We all have to travel further and further away for dark skys,
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Here is an opportunity to raise awareness of reducing consumption, climate change sceptic or not, pollution of all types benifits no one,
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Passion drives us, so other than a blackout, we'll have to do our best to show-case the sky,
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Galaxies, well quite likely not, still, ET might show,
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