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Understanding & Measuring Light Pollution
Astronomy Days 2018

Citizen Science Links

Globe At Night project:

https://www.globeatnight.org/

Loss of the Night project:

http://lossofthenight.blogspot.com/

Android app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosalux.welovestars&hl=en

iPhone app:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loss-of-the-night/id928440562?mt=8

Studies/ Governance

International Dark Sky Association:

http://www.darksky.org/

Raleigh Comprehensive Plan

https://www.raleighnc.gov/content/PlanDev/Documents/LongRange/ComprehensivePlan/CompPlanUpdate/Draft/CPUSection05EnvironmentalProtection.pdf

Paper on Increasing LED Lighting

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/11/e1701528

Measurements

Skyglow file definition

http://www.darksky.org/light-pollution/measuring-light-pollution/

Sky Quality Meter

http://unihedron.com

Light Pollution measurement maps

http://www.myskyatnight.com/#map

http://www.knightware.biz/community/public/sqmmap/sqm_map.php

http://cires.colorado.edu/Artificial-light

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