Re:Dark Site Finder: tracking light pollution to find locati...
by canoebuilder on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:33PM
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There is a big push by dark sky advocates to have cities rethink their lighting.
Do you have any links for formal or informal organizations or individuals working on this? thanks
Re:Dark Site Finder: tracking light pollution to find locati...
by dylan604 on Saturday January 27, 2018 @01:41AM
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I saw that someone else provided links to good info. As an anecdotal piece of evidence, I know that big box home improvement places like Home Depot have a dark sky category in their outdoor lighting department. I was flabbergasted the first time I saw that. I would love to see the affect of all homeowners replacing light fixtures with these types of lights. As an example, in the last video I linked earlier today, there are small lights on the horizon that shine very brightly in the video clips. There's one light source in particular that is a single lamp on a pole located on a ranch that is several miles away. If you multiply that by the output of every lamp in a city, it doesn't take a lot of imagination to quickly understand why we can't see the sky at night.
Re:Dark Site Finder: tracking light pollution to find locati...
by mitchellberry on Saturday January 27, 2018 @12:38AM
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The astronomy campus I frequent works closely with the local and county government to replace lights to be more dark sky friendly as they are working to be officially recognized as a dark sky location.