ANSA NEWS!
Arkansas Natural Sky Association
ANSA is a membership-based 501(c)3 non-profit & the Arkansas chapter of DarkSky International.
We're excited to share a new feature on our website:
🦉 Stella's Dark Sky Game! Its as easy as 1, 2, 3...
🌙 Play - Join Stella the Night-Wise Owl on a night time adventure to discover why darkness matters for people and wildlife.
💡 Take the Quiz - Test what you've learned about the night sky and light pollution.
🔭 Take it Outside - Switch off your lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust to the night sky. Then count how many stars you can see.
Play the game here:
darkskyarkansas.org/stellas-dark-sky-game/
Let us know what you think!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Active regions on the Sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on Oct. 8, 2014. The active regions appear brighter because those are areas that emit more light and energy - markers of an intense and complex set of magnetic fields hovering in the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona. This image blends together two sets of wavelengths at 171 and 193 angstroms, typically colorized in gold and yellow, to create a particularly Halloween-like appearance.
📷: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center/ SDO
✨ Photo of the Month ✨
September 2026
📷: Tanya Meeks Clemons
"The Milky Way over Lake Erling-Taylor, AR
Walkers Creek Area
September 3rd 8:41pm
Sony a7iii 16mm f/4.5 3200 @20 sec"
