Customers send their telescopes to Starfront Observatories, where amateur stargazers can view the night sky unencumbered by artificial light.

Perched atop the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the Gemini North Observatory is one of the world's most powerful windows into the cosmos. On clear nights, long-exposure photographs taken show the streaks of stars above the high-altitude site, arcs of light created by Earth's rotation as distant stars trace graceful paths across the sky.

Our astrotourism columnist visited the Oregon Outback for night-sky photography, but found something even more remarkable

People across the state saw the amazing Aurora Borealis — also known as the Northern Lights — in the sky Tuesday evening.

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Triggered by an intense geomagnetic storm, the northern nights made a rare visit to the Southland on Tuesday night, painting the skies above the Angeles National Forest in dazzling pink and purple hues.