[my_first_acct]

Indeed from "The Nine Billion Names of God", but this classic of SF was by Arthur C. Clarke, not Isaac Asimov.

However, Isaac Asimov did write "Nightfall", another classic, which describes what happens when, as the result of an eclipse, the stars come out, rather than go out...

[ridgeguy]

"Nine Billion..." is a great short read on the perils of being on-site IT support.

...and 'Nightfall' is for certain an example of the perils of astronomy.

Loved them both when I read them as a kid.