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How does light pollution in cities affect astronomical observations?
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∙ 10y ago
The additional lights from street lamps and buildings gets sent into the sky which in turn gets scattered by our atmosphere, and this hinders very faint galaxies, nebula, planets and stars to be seen.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 15y agoLight pollution lights up the skies and makes viewing stars hazy and impossible
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∙ 13y agoLight pollution doesn't affect the stars, it affects how well we can observe them from Earth.
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∙ 10y agoToo much unnecessary excess light from buildings and streetlights causes the atmosphere to scatter all this light, which makes viewing distant stars and galaxies virtually impossible.
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∙ 12y agoThis seems like cheating to me. I would probably use the internet for good and not abuse this privilege. It is a privilege and can be taken away. --Your teacher
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∙ 10y agoLight pollution sends up unneccessary light into the sky, and this makes it very difficult to observe dim stars, nebulae and faint galaxies.
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∙ 10y agoLight pollution lights up the night sky unnecessarily and makes certain distant stars, galaxies and nebulae invisible.
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∙ 10y agoAn excess amount of light pollution can obscure or 'wash out' very distant stars and nebulae, this includes all sixth-magnitude stars and the Milky Way.
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