Save Starry Skies Nevada License Plate

06/03/2026

Check out this article from National Geographic on the upcoming night sky events in June, including the Mars, Moon, Saturn alignment and the Summer Solstice!

Summer stargazing begins with some spectacular sights, including the hyped conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, which get close enough to view together via binoculars.

04/21/2026

04/18/2026

Free exhibits and hands-on activities at the Planetarium on 4/25 from 10am to 2pm! Add-on dome show tickets from 10am to 1pm are only $10! Tickets and info: www.unr.edu/planetarium

04/16/2026

International Dark Sky Week
Check out this stellar license plate that lets the world know Nevadans love their dark night skies and they’re worth protecting. The Save Starry Skies License Plate was spearheaded by Friends of Nevada Wilderness and is available at the Nevada DMV. Proceeds benefit dark sky education and outreach, astro-tourism, and more!

04/16/2026

Time to trade city lights for celestial sights: It’s ! ✨🔭

⭐ Thanks to our high elevation and low humidity, the Silver State is home to some of the world's darkest night skies. Add a Nevada stargazing trip to your 2026 travel plans. ✈️ https://bit.ly/43y7hy4

📸: Rick Pott

04/15/2026

04/15/2026

Check out this article from the Reno Gazette-Journal on ways to celebrate International Dark Sky Week!

Nevada's famously dark skies take center stage for International Dark Sky Week, April 13-20. Here are the best viewing spots, and what you can see. See link below ⬇️

📸 ©Jamie Kingham, Travel Nevada

04/14/2026

We're celebrating International Dark Sky Week at our office in Sparks! Join us to learn more about the importance of dark skies, how we are using funds from the plate, what you can do to reduce light pollution at home, and dark sky trivia with prizes.

We've surpassed 4,000 Save Starry Skies license plates in Nevada, and we want to keep the momentum going!

Drinks and light refreshments will be provided, so RSVPs are appreciated but not required for this event: https://www.nevadawilderness.org/plate_party

This open house style event is free and open to the community - you don't have to have the Save Starry Skies License plate to attend.

04/14/2026

Community star science!

The Globe at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations from a computer or smartphone.

You can find their very simple report form at app.globeatnight.org.

This report will ask you several questions:
When did you make your observations?
Where did you make your observations?
Did you use a Sky Quality meter?
How dark was the sky that night?
What were the sky conditions like?

A sky quality meter is not required for submitting data, and some graphics on the website will help you decide exactly how dark the sky actually was.

Citizen science data collection is important because it can provide information from locations that would otherwise not have data. We encourage you to try it out!

Have you used Globe at Night before? Let us know!

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El programa Globe at Night es una campaña internacional de ciencia ciudadana cuyo objetivo es concientizar al público sobre el impacto de la contaminación lumínica, invitando a los científicos ciudadanos a medir el brillo de su cielo nocturno y a enviar sus observaciones desde una computadora o un teléfono inteligente.

Puedes encontrar su formulario de reporte, muy sencillo de utilizar, en app.globeatnight.org.

Este reporte te hará varias preguntas:
¿Cuándo realizaste tus observaciones?
¿Dónde realizaste tus observaciones?
¿Utilizaste un medidor de calidad del cielo?
¿Qué tan oscuro estaba el cielo esa noche?
¿Cuáles eran las condiciones del cielo?

No es indispensable contar con un medidor de calidad del cielo para enviar los datos; en el sitio web encontrarás algunos gráficos que te ayudarán a determinar con exactitud qué tan oscuro estaba realmente el cielo.

La recopilación de datos mediante la ciencia ciudadana es importante, ya que permite obtener información de lugares de los que, de otro modo, no se dispondría de datos. ¡Te animamos a probarlo!

¿Has utilizado Globe at Night anteriormente? ¡Cuéntanos!

📸 Kurt Kuznicki: Grapevine Canyon Wilderness Study Area