Re:LED streetlamp aims to improve public's view of stars
by dkirkman on Thursday April 25, 2013 @11:57PM
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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
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