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Light pollution and astronomy

  • Narisada K
  • Schreuder D
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-2666-9_5
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All astronomical observations are essentially an observation of contrast. Any stray light causes a veil, reducing all contrasts. Sky glow is disability glare. This hold for all sources. Diffraction makes even point sources into surface sources. The decrease in the...

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Narisada, K., & Schreuder, D. (2004). Light pollution and astronomy (pp. 115–138). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2666-9_5

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