Re: [APML] World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness

["bert katzung" <katzung1@home.com>]

Thanks, Jerry.
Wow! Now that is depressing! Or should I be encouraged because I can still
see the Milky Way, naked eye, from my observing site? For how long, I
wonder?
Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@home.com
www.astronomy-images.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Lodriguss" <jml@astropix.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, 05 August, 2001 10:17 PM
Subject: [APML] World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness


>
> The first World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness:
>
> http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0108052
>
>  From the abstract:
>
>  >We present the first World Atlas of the zenith artificial night sky
>  >brightness at sea level. Based on radiance calibrated high resolution
DMSP
>  >satellite data and on accurate modelling of light propagation in the
>  >atmosphere, it provides a nearly global picture of how mankind is
proceeding
>  >to envelope itself in a luminous fog.
>
>
> Jerry
> Astrophotography, Tips and Techniques
> for Digital Enhancement in Photoshop:
> http://www.astropix.com
>



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