{"602177":{"#nid":"602177","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Why Is Winter the Best Time to See Stars? ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe next time you are outside on a cloudless night, look up at the stars. If they look brighter or seem clearer during these winter nights, it\u0026rsquo;s not your imagination. Winter is actually better than summer when it comes to sky gazing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJim Sowell is director of the Georgia Tech observatory. He says there are a few reasons why the cosmos are clearer these days and months. One has to do with how the stars are clustered this season. Another is because of Earth\u0026rsquo;s atmosphere. The final reason has to do with your evening commute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=am-4dzkWZ3k\u0022\u003EWatch to learn more.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\/calendar\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E(The Georgia Tech observatory hosts free public nights nearly every month of the year.)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Winter nights provide better conditions than summer skies"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe next time you are outside on a cloudless night, look up at the stars. If they look brighter or seem clearer during these winter nights, it\u0026rsquo;s not your imagination. Winter is actually better than summer when it comes to sky gazing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three reasons why winter\u0027s starry nights are so clear and bright"}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2018-02-08 19:57:47","changed_gmt":"2018-02-08 20:02:07","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602174":{"id":"602174","type":"image","title":"Observatory","body":null,"created":"1518118910","gmt_created":"2018-02-08 19:41:50","changed":"1518118910","gmt_changed":"2018-02-08 19:41:50","alt":"Telescope","file":{"fid":"229505","name":"Observatory.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Observatory.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Observatory.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":505770,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Observatory.jpg?itok=PIyJb_nh"}},"602172":{"id":"602172","type":"image","title":"Jim Sowell","body":null,"created":"1518118692","gmt_created":"2018-02-08 19:38:12","changed":"1518118692","gmt_changed":"2018-02-08 19:38:12","alt":"Jim Sowell ","file":{"fid":"229504","name":"Jim Sowell.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jim%20Sowell.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jim%20Sowell.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":436402,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jim%20Sowell.jpg?itok=AHmHWd3K"}}},"media_ids":["602174","602172"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/10-years-southern-stargazing","title":"The Georgia Tech Observatory"},{"url":"http:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\/calendar\/","title":"When Is the Next Public Night? "}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"282661","name":"Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNational Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}