{"id":8253,"date":"2022-12-10T19:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/10\/blinded-by-the-light-how-skyglow-pollution-is-separating-us-from-the-stars\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T19:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T18:40:10","slug":"blinded-by-the-light-how-skyglow-pollution-is-separating-us-from-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/10\/blinded-by-the-light-how-skyglow-pollution-is-separating-us-from-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinded by the light: how skyglow pollution is separating us from the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Light infrastructure has expanded alongside population growth but it\u2019s not only star gazing in jeopardy \u2013 cultures, wildlife, science and human health are all threatened<\/p>\n

On a clear dark Queensland night in 1997, Brendan Downs was staring up into the cosmos alongside a band of other amateur astronomers. He trained his telescope on a galaxy called NGC 6769, floating more than 169m light years away, and took a picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a reference image that I had in a book at the time, and I visually compared the object on the screen to the object in the book,\u201d he says. \u201cI counted the number of stars I was looking at.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nLight infrastructure has expanded alongside population growth but it\u2019s not only star gazing in jeopardy \u2013 cultures, wildlife, science and human health are all threatened
\nOn a clear dark Queensland night in 1997, Brendan Downs was staring up into the cosmos alongside a band of other amateur astronomers. He trained his telescope on a galaxy called NGC 6769, floating more than 169m light years away, and took a picture.
\n\u201cI had a reference image that I had in a book at the time, and I visually compared the object on the screen to the object in the book,\u201d he says. \u201cI counted the number of stars I was looking at.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Light infrastructure has expanded alongside population growth but it\u2019s not only star gazing in jeopardy \u2013 cultures, wildlife, science and human health are all threatened On a clear dark Queensland night in 1997, Brendan Downs was staring up into the cosmos alongside a band of other amateur astronomers. He trained his telescope on a galaxy …<\/p>\n

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