[AZ-Observing] Re: Daily Star Story About Tucson Sky Brightness Change in Past 20 Years

  • From: Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:54:05 -0700

Yeah, but consider that, on average, light pollution is increasing at a 
rate of 6% annually. Population is increasing at 1/4 that rate. Go figure.

Dan


On 9/16/2010 1:46 PM, Stan Gorodenski wrote:
> I would say the bad news is that it is flat instead of curving downward.
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> Stan
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> On 9/16/2010 11:53 AM, Tom Polakis wrote:
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>> Brian Skiff alerted me to a story in the Tucson paper about sky brightness 
>> trends.  The good news is that the trend is pretty much flat, thanks to 
>> government regulation.
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>> http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_b1fb01f4-c064-5247-a9e9-48abdef02b75.html
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