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Reged: 07/03/06
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Loc: Cumbria, England 54.5ºN 2.5ºW
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Re: Light Pollution Rating
01/20/08 04:23 AM
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I live in the middle of Cumbria in the north of England and according to the Philips Light Pollution Map, have some of the darkest skies in England with a limiting magnitude of 6.0. This backs up my own observations. The only sky glow I have is low on the north-east horizon which is caused by the lights of Middlesbrough and, further north, Newcastle & Sunderland, about 50 miles away. This doesn't affect observing, but it is annoying as it feels invasive that I should see something so far away and the other side of the Peninnes.
What really annoys me though is although my village is very small; about 300 people, it is smothered with sodium street lights which stay on all night. This is a sleepy village, with no pavements (sidewalks) where no one is about once the pub shuts, yet it's lit all night long with a street light every 50 - 60yds. This means that my garden is pretty much useless for any serious observing, particularly in the winter when all the leaves are off the trees and shrubs.
At least I don't have far to go to get great dark skies, but it is completely unnecessary and wasteful. I have written to the council asking if they would consider replacing the lamps with full cut-off fixtures and putting them on timers when the time comes to replace them, but I imagine they think I'm just a weirdo.
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