Light Pollution: The Global View: Proceedings of the International Conference on Light Pollution, La Serena, Chile, held 5–7 March 2002

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by  Pablo Daud Miranda (auth.), Hugo E. Schwarz (eds.)

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.
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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
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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
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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