tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post5000587672053735523..comments2024-02-01T22:02:44.435-08:00Comments on Loss of the Night citizen science project: Can we get 2000 Globe at Night cloud-free observations this March?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-54777257799180726542019-03-11T00:04:54.828-07:002019-03-11T00:04:54.828-07:00Hi Spacer,
Globe at night runs all year. You can ...Hi Spacer,<br /><br />Globe at night runs all year. You can see the dates here: https://www.globeatnight.org/5-steps.php<br /><br />Thanks for taking part!Christopher Kybahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637673286531458546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-85580732712409696182019-03-10T16:41:08.480-07:002019-03-10T16:41:08.480-07:00Will this be going on all year?Will this be going on all year?Spacerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304126045099171681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-7901591096271009492019-03-10T16:40:35.114-07:002019-03-10T16:40:35.114-07:00Hello! I will do this for the rest of the month. W...Hello! I will do this for the rest of the month. WIll this be going on for just March?Spacerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304126045099171681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-12391367019532288412019-02-28T01:50:39.321-08:002019-02-28T01:50:39.321-08:00I'm in the UK, but I'll look into this. T...I'm in the UK, but I'll look into this. Thanks.BigDazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784213563663570824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-31052237748387820952019-02-27T10:32:57.253-08:002019-02-27T10:32:57.253-08:00Hi Uwe, thanks for your comment. We had not antici...Hi Uwe, thanks for your comment. We had not anticipated that someone would want to put such a long series of dates onto their calendar. I will add it to the list of requests (although we don't have funding to make changes right now). For the meantime, you can generally assume that you can observe for about two weeks after the date that it tells you - then the moon comes back :-)Christopher Kybahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637673286531458546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-90861275759491888512019-02-27T10:25:24.877-08:002019-02-27T10:25:24.877-08:00What I am contending with is that winters are chan...What I am contending with is that winters are changing in Canada. 10 years ago we had about one storm per week with 3 or 4 clear days between. Now we are getting 2 storms with mere hours of clear skies in between. People are also burning more wood pellets so on clear cold nights the skies are very smoky in the last 3 years.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052514700592052553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-25107309237680023162019-02-27T10:23:26.645-08:002019-02-27T10:23:26.645-08:00I will try to participate the coming weekend. ^_^ ...I will try to participate the coming weekend. ^_^ Just an idea for the mobile app: Could you implement an option to automatically enter a series of calendar entries for times when we have new moon? Currently, there is only the ability to add one reminder for the next night with good conditions and I always forget to measure because of not being reminded automatically. Another option would be to let the app run in the background and remind the user with a notification at good conditions (no more often when once a month or so...)Uwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11560401796752564215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-33270981361439008222019-02-27T10:09:24.781-08:002019-02-27T10:09:24.781-08:00Thanks BigDaz! You could let your city know that t...Thanks BigDaz! You could let your city know that the US Department of Energy expects that for a "typical street light conversion" the town should also dim the total light output by 50%, as you suggest! Here is the DOE report about skyglow: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/05/f34/2017_led-impact-sky-glow.pdfChristopher Kybahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637673286531458546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321526222994246040.post-48247989110495844232019-02-27T09:07:51.469-08:002019-02-27T09:07:51.469-08:00I'll dust off my SQM meter then and get out me...I'll dust off my SQM meter then and get out measuring. My eyeballs say the sky is brighter now with the LEDs than before, certainly in my town. They're just so bright and although they point down, so much light is reflected of the ground back upwards. I'd dim then all by 50%. Be interesting to get some SQM comparison to those measurements I made well before the LEDs.BigDazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784213563663570824noreply@blogger.com