Light Pollution In Las Vegas

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I have always been fascinated with the night sky and have enjoyed looking up at it without the light pollution. While living in Las Vegas I would have to commute at least an hour past Red Rock or Valley of Fire to escape the bright lights of the city. Since moving to a small town I have been able to enjoy watching the moons and her phases, meteor showers, and seeing where the constellations are in the night sky.

William Herschel was a German composer, teacher, and musician residing and working in Bath, England. He was also a novice astronomer until he discovered Uranus with his homemade telescope, which consisted of a 7 foot mirror reflector, that he had personally polished. At first he thought just as the other astronomers at that

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