Light Pollution Responses and Remedies
Light pollution is a major threat to astronomy across the entire developed world. The night sky that most of us can see bears little relationship to the spectacular vistas that our ancestors have gazed at for tens of thousands of years. It is ironic
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Light Pollution
Responses and Remedies Second Edition
Bob Mizon
Bob Mizon Wimborne, UK
ISSN 1431-9756 ISBN 978-1-4614-3821-2 ISBN 978-1-4614-3822-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3822-9 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012939110 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
In July 2003, the 11 members of the UK Parliament’s Science and Technology Select Committee convened beneath the high ceiling of a gilded meeting room at the House of Commons in London. They were there to gather evidence for an enquiry into light pollution and the gradual disappearance, since the 1950s, of the night sky over much of the country. Politicians, engineers, astronomers (including the Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees) and many other interested individuals gave evidence. A now prominent politician, at that time a junior education minister, concluded during his evidence that “if we cannot give young people access to the night sky because of where they live, we have to find other ways of giving them practical engagement with the subject” – by, he said, buying Internet time on telescopes abroad! The committee, in their
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