Los Negros de Azua

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Los Negros is a beach located in the province of Azua, Dominican Republic, some 60 miles (97 km) West of Santo Domingo, the country’s capital. Los Negros is a well-known destination, and the Dominican Astronomical Society (https://astrodom1.org/) has occasionally used this area for stargazing. As with all Dominican beaches, the site is accessible throughout the year and around the clock. The semidesert climate that prevails in the area encourages stargazing activities, as well as its rural skies that range from class 4 to class 3 in the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale. A stargazer told EarthSky the following: “Very dark skies and desert area with very little rainfall and year-round comfortable temperatures between about 68 °F at night to 84 °F in the day.”

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Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.