Linking solar minimum, space weather, and night sky brightness [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 This paper presents time-series observations and analysis of broadband night sky airglow intensity 4 September 2018 through 30 April 2020. Data were obtained at 5 sites spanning more than 8500 km during the historically deep minimum of Solar Cycle 24 ...
Albert D. Grauer, Patricia A. Grauer
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UBVRI night sky brightness at Kottamia Astronomical Observatory [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Photoelectric observations of night sky brightness (NSB) at different zenith distances and azimuths, covering all the sky, at the Egyptian Kottamia Astronomical observatory (KAO) site of coordinates ϕ = 29° 55.9′ N and λ = 31° 49.5′ E, were done using a ...
Mohamed F. Aboushelib +4 more
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SG-WAS: A New Wireless Autonomous Night Sky Brightness Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 The main features of SG-WAS (SkyGlow Wireless Autonomous Sensor), a low-cost device for measuring Night Sky Brightness (NSB), are presented. SG-WAS is based on the TSL237 sensor –like the Unihedron Sky Quality Meter (SQM) or the STARS4ALL Telescope ...
Miguel R. Alarcon +5 more
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Astrotourism and Night Sky Brightness Forecast: First Probabilistic Model Approach [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 Celestial tourism, also known as astrotourism, astronomical tourism or, less frequently, star tourism, refers to people’s interest in visiting places where celestial phenomena can be clearly observed.
Eleazar C-Sánchez +3 more
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Stability of the Nine Sky Quality Meters in the Dutch Night Sky Brightness Monitoring Network [PDF]
Sensors, 2015 In the context of monitoring abundance of artificial light at night, the year-to-year stability of Sky Quality Meters (SQMs) is investigated by analysing intercalibrations derived from two measurement campaigns that were held in 2011 and 2012.
Peter den Outer +5 more
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Absolute Radiometric Calibration of TESS-W and SQM Night Sky Brightness Sensors [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 We develop a general optical model and describe the absolute radiometric calibration of the readings provided by two widely-used night sky brightness sensors based on irradiance-to-frequency conversion.
Salvador Bará +2 more
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Measurements of Night Sky Brightness in the Veneto Region of Italy: Sky Quality Meter Network Results and Differential Photometry by Digital Single Lens Reflex [PDF]
Journal of Imaging, 2019 In this paper, we present the implementation of a monitoring network for artificial light at night (ALAN), based on Sky Quality Meter devices (SQM) installed in seven locations of the Veneto region. The system is coordinated by the Regional Environmental
Andrea Bertolo +3 more
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Publisher Correction: Linking solar minimum, space weather, and night sky brightness [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Albert D. Grauer, Patricia A. Grauer
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Let there be Skyglow—light pollution from a large outdoor music festival (Lollapalooza Berlin 2016) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsLive music is often linked to elaborate light shows, particularly at large outdoor music festivals. However, artificial light at night is one form of environmental pollution, light pollution, and because outdoor festivals emit a substantial amount of ...
Andreas Jechow
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Artificial light at night correlates with seabird groundings: mapping city lights near a seabird breeding hotspot [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a growing conservation concern for seabirds, which can become disoriented and grounded by lights from buildings, bridges and boats. Many fledgling seabirds, especially Procellariiformes such as petrels and shearwaters,
Ariel-Micaiah Heswall +6 more
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