The Spirit of 33: A Picture from ourselves
Our observing programs are based on an International network of observers.
In some way, this image tries to represent our Group's philosophy on the
Global Village where you can't see any artificial border. Also, you can
appreciate the amazing level of luminic pollution in our Planet that causes
serious difficulties when trying to observe faint Galaxies and Nebulae,
not to mention the nightmare that this issue represents for Astrophotographers.
Many of us have been forced to focus only on double-stars and open clusters,
since in general these celestial objects don't require ink-dark skies for
observing. Nevertheless, luminic pollution is one of the biggest problems
that an Amateur Astronomer must face. Sometimes we fight against this problem
trying to find a dark observing site in the mountains or places far apart
from our cities. Other times we must simply forget about "faint-fuzzies".
Anyway, Double-Star observing will survive at least for a while. We have
time, but not an eternity!
