Topic: Sky quality

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    Seeing
    Astronomical seeing (units arcesec) refers to the blurring or instantaneous image broadening of astronomical objects caused by turbulent mixing in the Earth's...
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    The first light pollution laboratory in the Azores
    There are now 10 sensors monitoring the night-time darkness of the island of Corvo to determine the impact of artificial lighting on the sea birds. The...
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    The first one day meeting on the protection of the sky and employment opportunities has been held
    “Future generations have the right to an unscathed, uncontaminated Earth, including the right to a clean sky”, This statement is included in UNESCO’s...
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    The IAC and the AEMET sign a collaboration agreement
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET) have stengthened their commitment to collaborate by adpoting...
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    The light pollution in Macaronesia is on the increase
    The results obtained from the over two hundred photometers put in place by the Interreg EELabs project during the past four years have been used to evaluated...
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    The natural brightness of the night sky
    A recent study analyses data collected at 44 of the darkest places in the world, including the Canary Island Observatories, to develop the first complete...
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    The OTPC: thirty years working to protect the sky
    The Technical Office for the Protection of Sky Quality (OTPC, its Spanish initials) has become a model copied by other Spanish autonomous regional communities...
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    The silent beauty of the night sky
    Yesterday saw the start of the Conference on Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society) organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs...