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Before the rain
Yes!!! I'm lucky that my school is in the middle of Amish Town, Nowhereville, USA, so the areas surrounding campus have skies dark enough to see the Milky Way. On campus, though? Blue lights everywhere, all night. The dimmest thing you'll see is maybe Polaris. And forget trying to observe the night sky close to the city. The light pollution from one small college campus is nothing compared to the light emanating from a whole city.
Oh, and to heck with non-shaded street lights. Thanks to this stupid light right in front of my house (that shines right into my bedroom window, by the way), I can't even see the Pleiades Cluster when I'm at home.
SIDEROMANCY
[noun]
divination by the stars.
Etymology: from Latin sฤซdus, sideris, โconstellationโ, from sรญdฤros, โironโ + Greek manteรญa, โdivinationโ. Also astromancy.
[Shelia L.]