Light Pollution: The Global View: Proceedings of the International Conference on Light Pollution, La Serena, Chile, held 5–7 March 2002 PDF
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LIGHT POLLUTION: THE GLOBAL VIEW ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY VOLUME284 EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman W.B. BURTON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. ( LIGHT POLLUTION: THE GLOBAL VIEW Proceedings of the International Conference on Light Pollution, La Serena, Chile, held 5-7 March 2002 Edited by HUGO E. SCHWARZ Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, NOAO, La Serena, Chile ~a...• '' SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-90-481-6242-0 ISBN 978-94-017-0125-9 ( eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-0125-9 Printed on acid~fi·ee paper All Rights Reserved © 2003 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system. for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Dedicated to Guillermo This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Guillermo Delgado Gunckel who passed away after a long and valiant fight with illness on the 26th of July 2002 in Santiago, Chile. Guillermo worked in radio astronomy for many years, starting his career in the Maipo Radio Observatory, and then via Chalmers University in Sweden, he went back to Chile where -from 1987- he dedicated himself to the SEST project as electronic engineer, making himself an indispensable part of the La Silla team. During the planning phases of the ALMA project, Guillermo worked with many people, both astronomers and Chilean government professionals of the Subsecretario de Telecomunicaciones (SubTel) to prepare for the protection of the ALMA site from radio interference. During all this work he obtained his PhD in 1995 and taught at the University of Chile, where he stimulated students to choose a career in astronomy. He left his hospital bed for a day just to give his presentation at this conference -once again showing his great strength of purpose, professionalism, and enormous personal courage-and explained to the meeting how he planned to implement the plans for protection of the ALMA and other radio observatory sites in Chile. WE ALL MISS HIM. Guillermo Delgado Gunckel 1961 -2002 v Contents Dedication to Guillermo Delgado G. RIP v Contents Vll List of Participants XI Photo of Participants XV Poema al Universo by Urbano lara (en Espafiol) XVI Preface & Acknowledgements xvii I Optical Light Pollution Discurso/Speech by Representante CONAMA Daud, P (en Espafiol & in English) 3 Global Monitoring of the Night Sky Brightness by Satellites and the State of the Night Sky in Chile. Cinzano, P., Falchi, F., Elvidge, C. D. 15 Modelling Night Sky Brightness at Sites from DSMP Satellite Data. Cinzano, P., Elvidge, C. D. 29 The Growth of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness over North America in the Period 1947-2000: A Preliminary Picture. Cinzano, P. 39 Preserving our Nighttime Environment: A Global Approach. Alvarez del Castillo, L., Crawford, D. L., Davis, D R. 49 Protecting the Skies of Northern Chile. Sanhueza, P, Santander, M. 69 The Photometry Laboratory at the U CV and the Light Pollution Regulations in Chile. Piraino, E. 85 Vll vw Light Pollution The Law of the Heavens of the Canaries. Dfaz, F. J., de laPaz, F. 95 Protection of Mauna Kea and Haleakala Observatories from Light Pollution. Wainscoat, R. J. (with color plate) 111 The IAU's Effort to Control Light Pollution. Smith, M. G. 123 Lighting in the Countryside. Pollard, N. 135 International Schools Education Networks for Light Pollution Control. Metaxa, M. 145 Precise Evaluation of Upward Flux from Outdoor Lighting Installations Applied to the Case of Roadway Lighting. Gillet, M., Rombauts, P. 155 Lighting for a Secure and Safe Night-Time Environment Kaplan, H. 169 Preserving the Night Sky at McDonald Observatory. Adams, M. T., Wren, W. 175 Sky Background at ESO - La Silla in the Visible and Near IR. Vanzi, L., Hainaut, 0. R. 181 The Tololo All-Sky CAmera - TASCA. Schwarz, H. E., Smith, R., Walker, D. 187 Increasing the Chilean Awareness of Dark-Sky Preservation. Leiton, R. 195 Research of the Impact of Lighting on Environment and Humans. Kirschbaum, C. 201 Light Pollution ix Sports Lighting that Protects the Dark Sky. Glaspey, J. 215 II Radio Frequency Pollution Radio Quiet Zones. Cohen, J., Delgado, G., Hardy, E., Hasegawa, T., Nyman, L-A. 225 III Related Topics Aircraft Contrail Pollution. Pedersen, H., Schwarz, H.E. 263 Advertising from Space: A Real Danger? Heck, A. 269 Obtrusive space advertising and astronomical research. UN Commission on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 277 How many Stars do we still See. Pikall, H., Hron, J., Netopil, M., Posch T., Wuchterl, G.,Zeitlinger, N. 287 Light Pollution as a Policy Tool. Petrakis, M., Lianou, M., Psiloglou, B., Chalkias, C., Cartalis, C. 293 Index 297 List of Participants E-MAIL ADDRESS Abbott, Tim xii List of Participants Espejo, Sergio
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