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Light Pollution [electronic resource] : Responses and Remedies.

Light Pollution [electronic resource] : Responses and R...

Light Pollution [electronic resource] : Responses and Remedies.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxL5MgMwX

Light Pollution [electronic resource] : Responses and Remedies.

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Full title

Light Pollution [electronic resource] : Responses and Remedies.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Dordrecht : Springer, 2012.

Date

2012.

Record Identifier

74VvxL5MgMwX

MMS ID

991016769819702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (284 p.)

Contents

LightPollution; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Part I: The Gift of Light?; Chapter 1: Living with Light; The Limits of Human Vision; Heaven's Lights; The Range of Natural Radiation; Sunlight; Moonlight; Starlight; The Zodiacal Light; The Gegenschein; Chapter 2: Light Pollution...

Light Intrusion (Formerly 'Light Trespass')Impact on Wildlife; Chapter 4: Arti fi cial Lighting, Quality of Life and Health; Lighting and Human Health; Chapter 5: Arti fi cial Lighting and Crime; Crime Reduction; Can Lighting Actually Aid Criminals?; Does Lighting Automatically Reduce Crime?; Does D...

Class 4: Rural/Suburban TransitionClass 5: Suburban Sky; Class 6: Bright Suburban Sky; Class 7: Suburban/Urban Transition; Class 8: City Sky; Class 9: Inner-City Sky; New Lamps for Old; Types of Lamps; Sodium Lamps; Mercury Lamps; Metal Halide Lamps; Tungsten-Halogen Lamps; Fluorescent Lamps; LEDs;...

(1) g Andromedae (Almach) R.A. 02 h 03 m Dec. +42° 20'(2) NGC 752 R.A. 01 h 58 m Dec. +37° 41'; Aquarius (August-September); (3) S 2838 R.A. 21 h 55 m Dec. −03° 20'; (4) t 1 Aquarii R.A. 22 h 48 m Dec. −14° 03'; (5) Close by t 1 Aquarii, 4° to the northeast is a remarkable chain of mag. 8 stars con...

(8) 1 Arietis ( S174) R.A. 01 h 50 m Dec. +22° 17'(9) l Arietis (O S S 21) R.A. 01 h 58 m Dec. +23° 35'; Auriga (December); (10) NGC 1907 R.A. 05 H 28 m Dec. +35° 20'; (11) 14 Aurigae ( S 653) R.A. 05 h 15 m Dec. +32° 45'; Boötes (April-May); (12 and 13) i and k Boötis R.A. 14 h 15 m Dec. +51° 30'...

(17) M67 (NGC 2682) R.A. 08 h 50 m Dec. +11° 49'

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Publisher

Dordrecht : Springer, 2012.

Edition

2nd ed.

Date Published

2012.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Light Pollution [electronic resource] : Responses and Remedies.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series.

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Record Identifier

74VvxL5MgMwX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxL5MgMwX

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ISBN

9781461438229

DDC

522

MMS ID

991016769819702626