Bibcode
Zamorano, J.; Sánchez de Miguel, Alejandro; Nievas, Miguel; Tapia, Carlos; Ocaña, Francisco; Izquierdo, Jaime; Gallego, Jesús; Pascual, Sergio; Colomer, Francisco; Bará, Salvador; Ribas, Salvador; Morales, Ángel; Marco, Enric; Muñoz-Tuñón, C.; Solano, Enrique; Alacid, José Manuel; Naves, Ramón; lluis Salto, Josep; García, Faustino; Luque, Sergi; Quejigo, Rubén; Ribas, Julio
Referencia bibliográfica
IAU General Assembly, Meeting #29, #2254642
Advertised on:
8
2015
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Descripción
There are some networks of SQM photometers that provide measures of the
night sky brightness every night. The analysis of the data provided by
the photometers allows the researchers to monitor the nightly, monthly
and yearly evolution of the NSB and the relationship with light sources
of pollution in intensity and distance. The photometers that are
measuring in protected areas will alarm the researchers about eventual
increasing of light pollution that could affect the environment.Using
models of light dispersion on the atmosphere one can determine which
light pollution sources are increasing the sky brightness at different
places and in which extension. Networks of fixed photometers acquiring
data every night are one of the main inputs to test these models. The
collaborative effort of many people provides the necessary data to
derive scientific results.We present the SQM network of the Spanish
Light Pollution Research collaboration
(http://guaix.fis.ucm.es/splpr/SQM-REECL) that is growing with the help
of amateur astronomers and interested citizens. Data are being archived
in the Spanish Virtual Observatory (SVO) using the IAU and IDA community
standard data format for light pollution measurements.