Campaign of sky brightness and extinction measurements using a portable CCD camera

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

1

Light Pollution, Site Testing, Techniques: Photometric

Scientific paper

In this paper, we present the results of a 12-yr campaign devoted to monitoring the sky brightness affected by different levels of light pollution. Different sites characterized by different altitudes and atmospheric transparency have been considered. The standard photometric Johnson B and V bands were used. An extinction measurement was performed for each site and each night, along with a calibration of the instrument. These measurements have allowed us to build sky brightness maps of the hemisphere above each observing site; each map contains up to 200 data points spread around the sky. We have found a stop in zenith sky brightness growth at the two sites where a time series exists. Using zenith sky brightness measurements taken with and without extensive snow coverage, we weighted the importance of direct versus indirect flux in producing sky glow at several sites.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Campaign of sky brightness and extinction measurements using a portable CCD camera does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Campaign of sky brightness and extinction measurements using a portable CCD camera, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Campaign of sky brightness and extinction measurements using a portable CCD camera will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1398600

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.