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Re:LED streetlamp aims to improve public's view of stars by ComputerGuru on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:59PM (#5611257)
Are street lights the biggest contributor to light pollution?
Re:LED streetlamp aims to improve public's view of stars by dkirkman on Thursday April 25, 2013 @11:57PM (#5611397)
On Mauna Kea (big island of Hawaii) the biggest sources of light pollution are the airports and harbors.

For the telescopes near big cities, I'm not sure if anybody has worked out the relative contributions of street lights to say billboards or car dealerships or backyard flood lighting. But from standing on the summit of Mt. Hamilton and looking down into the valley it would seem to be mostly street lights

Re:LED streetlamp aims to improve public's view of stars by shardling on Thursday April 25, 2013 @11:58PM (#5611401)
I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, their entire purpose is to make it light outside. A neighborhood without street lights is noticeably much darker.

The only other likely sources are building lights and cars, and I'd think street lights far outnumber either of those in their ubiquity.

Re:LED streetlamp aims to improve public's view of stars by Millennium on Friday April 26, 2013 @08:56AM (#5612614)
It depends on location, but in many places they actually are.