Science Speaker Series - "How Dark is Nantucket's Night Sky?"

Join Gail Walker, founder of Nantucket Lights,  Dr. Geoff Clayton, Interim Director of Astronomy at the MMA, and  Dr.  John Barentine, founder of Dark Sky Consulting, in a panel discussion moderated by the MMA’s Executive Director, Joanna Roche. Learn about the  Nantucket  Sky Quality  Monitoring  (SQM) Project, a  joint initiative of Nantucket Lights and the MMA  launched in 2022 to collect ground-based measurements to determine how dark Nantucket's night sky is. The data collected to date establishes a baseline for assessing the effectiveness of efforts to mitigate light pollution going forward - and helps us understand how close we are to losing the ability to see the  Milky Way with the naked eye. Learn about the most recent SQM Report on our website: www.mariamitch....