Spotlight-enhanced night vision uses powerful built-in LEDs or floodlights to light up the scene, letting the camera record full-color video no matter how dark it is.

Night vision monoculars are hi-tech pieces of kit, but can they help us see celestial objects in areas with light pollution?

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Night vision goggles were first developed in 1939 by the USSR. A truly usable pair wouldn't hit the battlefield until U.S. forces fielded them in the 1970s.

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