Night sky night sky. Aircraft are also visible at night, distinguishable at a distance from other objects because their lights blink. Night sky The term night sky, usually associated with astronomy from Earth, refers to the nighttime appearance of celestial objects like stars, planets, and the Moon, which are visible in a clear sky between sunset and sunrise, when the Sun is below the horizon. Natural light sources in a night sky include moonlight, starlight, and airglow, depending on location and timing. Aurorae light up the skies above the polar circles. Occasionally, a large coronal mass ejection from the Sun or simply
Nelvana of the Northern Lights a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971, was named after Nelvana of the Northern Lights. In Marvel Comics the Canadian superheroine Snowbird, member of Alpha Flight created by John Byrne, is a demi-goddess whose mother is "Nelvanna of the Northern Lights", daughter of Hodiak. Nelvanna and Hodiak were, very probably, intended by Byrne as homages to Nelvana and Koliak; although born in the UK, Byrne grew up in Canada. Called upon to stop "evil white ones" (Kablunets) from using time bombs to destroy fish and other food stocks in the North, Nelvana and her brother Tanero are assisted by Koliak