City Sky Glow Monitoring at Kitt Peak

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1973 English Publisher:IOP PublishingJournal:Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, volume 85, page 503 (issn: 0004-6280, eissn: 1538-3873,

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Authors: A. A. Hoag; W. E. Schoening; M. Coucke;

doi: 10.1086/129495

City Sky Glow Monitoring at Kitt Peak

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A. A. HOAG, W .E.SCHOEMNG,ANI)M.COUCKE Kitt Peak National Observatoryt Photographs of night sky have been taken from Kitt Peak on clear moonless nights to provide a record of changes in contamination from artificial lights. Quantitative measures confirm the obvious qualitative impression that city sky-glow brightuess is increasing as is the case at most existing observatory sites. Key words: city lights - artificial sky glow

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