Light Pollution Responses and Remedies
Light-pollution is the modern scourge of optical astronomy. More and more observing sites are being lost as the glare of city lighting blots out the night sky. Professional astronomical observatories are located far from cities, but amateur astronomers of
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Other titles in this series The Observational Amateur Astronomer Patrick Moore (Ed.) Telescopes and Techniques Chris Kitchin The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy David Ratledge (Ed.) The Observer's Year Patrick Moore Seeing Stars Chris Kitchin and Robert W. Forrest Photo-guide to the Constellations Chris Kitchin The Sun in Eclipse Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore Software and Data for Practical Astronomers David Ratledge Amateur Telescope Making Stephen F. Tonkin Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena Neil Bone Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs Martin Mobberley Transit: When Planets Cross the Sun Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore Practical Astrophotography Jeffrey R. Charles Observing the Moon Peter T. Wlasuk Deep-Sky Observing Steven R. Coe AstroFAQs Stephen F. Tonkin The Deep-Sky Observer's Year Grant Privett and Paul Parsons Field Guide to the Deep Sky Objects Mike Inglis Choosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Rod Mollise Astronomy with Small Telescopes Stephen F. Tonkin (Ed.) Solar Observing Techniques Chris Kitchin Observing the Planets Peter T. Wlasuk
Responses and Remedies
Bob Mizon
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Cover illustrations: The left-hand photograph shows a pristine night sky in the English countryside. The right-hand photograph shows the stars erased by glare from an indifferently lit road junction. The circular insert is an all-sky photo of the night sky, invaded by waste upward light from distant towns. Can you spot comet Hale-Bopp in one of the darker parts ofthe sky? Photographs, respectively, by Bob Mizon, John Ball and Mike Tabb.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Mizon, Bob Light pollution: responses and remedies. - (Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series) 1. Light pollution 2. Cosmology 1. Title 523.1 ISBN -13 :978-1-85233-497-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mizon, Bob, 1946Light pollution: responses and remedies 1 Bob Mizon p. cm. -- (Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, ISSN 1431-9756) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN -13 :978-1-85233-497-0 e-ISBN -13: 978-1-4471-0669-2 DOl: 10.10071978-1-4471-0669-2 1. Light pollution. 2. Astronomy--Observations. 1. Title. II. Series. QB51.3.L53 M59 2001 522--dc21 2001040008 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case ofreprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms oflicences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers.
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