The BAA Campaign for Dark Skies: Fifteen years on

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Jun 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004jbaa..114..165m&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.114, no.3, p.165-166

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The starry sky is, unofficially but indubitably, a site of special scientific interest and an area of outstanding natural beauty - if it can be seen. The BAA's Campaign for Dark Skies (CfDS) was set up by concerned members in 1989, to counter the ever-growing tide of skyglow which has tainted the night sky over Britain since the 1950s. Once caused almost exclusively by poorly aimed streetlamps and building floodlights emitting light above the horizontal, skyglow is nowadays increasingly the result of vastly over-powered, poorly mounted household security lights and literally 'over-the-top' sports lighting. CfDS has grown into a network of 124 volunteer local officers, and several hundred committed supporters, who aim to persuade their local councils and relevant organisations of the benefits of well directed lighting, the motto being: the right amount of light, and only where needed.

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