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By Madeleine Stix, CNN

Updated 10:58 AM ET, Tue December 29, 2015

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The Deerlick Astronomy Village uses only red lights at night because they doesn't affect the eye's ability to see in darkness the way white light does.
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The Deerlick Astronomy Village uses only red lights at night because they doesn't affect the eye's ability to see in darkness the way white light does.
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Outside Dan Llewellyn's garage at the Deerlick Astronomy Village, amateur astronomers prepare for a night of imaging the cosmos.
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Outside Dan Llewellyn's garage at the Deerlick Astronomy Village, amateur astronomers prepare for a night of imaging the cosmos.
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An image of the Comet Lovejoy was taken with a 120mm refractor telescope in the late summer of 2014 by Dan Llewellyn at the Deerlick Astronomy Village.
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An image of the Comet Lovejoy was taken with a 120mm refractor telescope in the late summer of 2014 by Dan Llewellyn at the Deerlick Astronomy Village.
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This is the Trifid Nebula, taken with a 12-inch Newtonian telescope in 2010 at the Deerlick Astronomy Village.
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This is the Trifid Nebula, taken with a 12-inch Newtonian telescope in 2010 at the Deerlick Astronomy Village.
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This image of Jupiter captured from the DAV in 2012 was created by stacking 2,500 video frames over a two-minute period with an Astro-Video camera.
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This image of Jupiter captured from the DAV in 2012 was created by stacking 2,500 video frames over a two-minute period with an Astro-Video camera.
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The Dumbbell Nebula is approximately 1,400 light-years away. Chris Hetlage took this photo from his observatory at the DAV.
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The Dumbbell Nebula is approximately 1,400 light-years away. Chris Hetlage took this photo from his observatory at the DAV.
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The Horsehead Nebula is in the constellation Orion, which is nearly 1,600 light-years away. The photo was taken with a 10-hour exposure by Chris Hetlage at the DAV.
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The Horsehead Nebula is in the constellation Orion, which is nearly 1,600 light-years away. The photo was taken with a 10-hour exposure by Chris Hetlage at the DAV.
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Amateur astronomers camp out during the annual star party, held every October at the Deerlick Astronomy Village.
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Amateur astronomers camp out during the annual star party, held every October at the Deerlick Astronomy Village.
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During the annual star party, hundreds of amateur astronomers stay up all night observing the night sky.
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During the annual star party, hundreds of amateur astronomers stay up all night observing the night sky.
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Chris Hetlage, one of the co-founders of the Deerlick Astronomy Village, poses with his telescopes at his observatory.
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Chris Hetlage, one of the co-founders of the Deerlick Astronomy Village, poses with his telescopes at his observatory.
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The amateur astronomers at Deerlick Astronomy Village take long-exposure photos of the night sky with their telescopes.