Article: Constellations Dot-to-Dot.(Book review)

Article: Night-sky watching attitudes among college ...
College Student Journal;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Night-sky watching attitudes were explored using a small ... to, and thoughts related to watching the night-sky were evaluated. Generally, positive attitudes towards watching the night-sky were reported. One general factor, interpreted ...

Article: Frequency of college students' night-sky watching ...
College Student Journal;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Noctcaelador Inventory, a measure of psychological attachment to the night-sky, and estimated various night-sky watching related activities: frequency and duration of night-sky watching, astro-tourism, ownership of night-sky viewing equipment ...

Article: Losing sleep to watch the night-sky: the ...
College Student Journal;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... psychological attachment to the night sky) and habitual sleep-length. University ... history, humans have been watching the night-sky (Hawkins, 1983). Historically, individuals have watched the night-sky for aesthetic appreciation and to ...

Article: Development of an instrument to measure noctcaelador: ...
College Student Journal;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... noctcaelador: adoration and attachment to the night-sky. The NI demonstrated good internal consistency ... significantly correlated with self-reported night-sky viewing behaviors and was not significantly ... thousands of years humans have watched the night-sky (Eddy, 1979; Hoskin, ...

Article: MDI-area groups planning night sky festival
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... in the eastern United States where the night sky remains mostly unobscured by street lamps ... To help preserve the visibility of the night sky, the town of Bar Harbor and Acadia National ... protections and to draw attention to the night- sky resource, some area officials are planning ...

Article: Academic orientation, academic achievement, and noctcaelador: ...
Education;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... sample endorsed purposefully viewing the night-sky at least once a night, and that an average ... of astronomy-related tourism, owned night-sky viewing equipment, or attended planetariums ... found that students with an interest in night-sky watching were likely to consider ...

Article: Yale To Kick Off Year-Long Celebration of Astronomy with ...
M2 Presswire;  March 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Exploration of Ways To Preserve Beauty of the Night Sky; Bob Crelin has helped develop a 'dark ... light pollution and preserving a dark night sky. Talk on reducing light pollution Author ... will give a talk titled 'Preserving the Night Sky: Light Pollution and How To Reduce It ...