DSC We got a rather good lighting ordinance passed here in Las Cruces in 2000. Educating the public while necessary won't change the majority of lighting ...
Doug We spent quite a few years educating before we got it passed. Very few people knew anything about lighting including the opposition. They just had to...
There is only 1 Clear Sky Clock in New Hampshire indicating an especially good location for a dark sky community or dark sky preserve, however... Mount...
There are 23 Clear Sky Clocks in New Mexico indicating especially good locations for a dark sky community or dark sky preserve. Antelope Wells 31.35 N, 108.51...
Hi Doug, I am not advocating isolationism. Once a dark sky community is located at a site with a zenithal sky brightness of 21.69 magnitudes per square...
The following appeared on the New Zealand Listener website at this URL: http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3495/columnists/8736/return_to_the_dark_side.html ...
Some DSCs will have no permanent outdoor lighting at night, of course, but others might be good "model communities" for demonstrating the kind of lighting we...
Astronomer gets funding But more money will be needed and soon Alamogordo Daily News By Elva K. Österreich, News Editor Alamogordo Daily NewsArticle...
<<Check it out at: <http://www.selene-ny.org/lightcost/>http://www.selene-ny.org/lightcost/ I could use some updated, US-averaged figures for SO2, NOx, and ...
There are 3 Clear Sky Clocks in New York indicating especially good locations for a dark sky community or dark sky preserve. Black Forest (Adirondack Park,...
Here is a statement recently made by a staff member of the National Park Service that shows you the sense of urgency we must have about protecting the few...
DSCers A definition for outdoor lighting ocurred to me today. It is "A class of lighting which has little or no utility approximately 90% of the time, and is...
... Can't comment on Stone Tavern Farm (in the Catskills); but having lived for 5 yrs. in the Adirondack Mountain area (Essex County) and having spent a good...
John M. McMahon
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May 17, 2007 12:14 pm
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... From: "John Gilkison" <astronpo@...> To: <DarkSkyCommunities@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:52 AM Subject: Re:...
http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/may/14/editorial-stars-becoming-endangered- species/ Even in NM, arguably the state of greatest dark sky success, the light ...
Doug In don't really know who you are, or what personal experience you bring to your question? We here in New Mexico face the same forces of resistance to...
Doug I too have been mystified by outdoor lighting once I begin to really think about people's motivations for using it, and their resistance to lighting...
... Ah, that is probably true ... but as in all things political it's not what you are but how you are perceived -- or painted by your opponents for their own...
John M. McMahon
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May 17, 2007 9:01 pm
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... From: "John Gilkison" <astronpo@...> To: <DarkSkyCommunities@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:36 PM Subject: Re:...
Doug As I said I don't know you or what you have experienced. Here in Las Cruces I have to say we did not follow the IDA's recommnedations. In the first place...
Doug I can certainly understand you reluctance to share your failure to get a ordinance passed. If you tried you didn't fail, you were way ahead of doing...
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