Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours
The measurement of night sky quality has become an important task in nature conservation. The primary device used for this task can be a calibrated digital camera. In addition, colour information can be derived from sky photography. In this paper, we provide a test on a concept to gather information...
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| author | Zoltán Kolláth Dénes Száz Kornél Kolláth Kai Pong Tong |
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| description | The measurement of night sky quality has become an important task in nature conservation. The primary device used for this task can be a calibrated digital camera. In addition, colour information can be derived from sky photography. In this paper, we provide a test on a concept to gather information about the possible sources of night sky brightness based on digital camera images. This method helps to understand changes in night sky quality due to natural and artificial changes in the environment. We demonstrate that a well-defined colour–colour diagram can differentiate between the different natural and artificial sources of night sky radiance. The colour information can be essential when interpreting long-term evolution of light pollution measurements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba74d36fe2fd46d19e680bb28bf154a02023-11-20T16:07:10ZengMDPI AGJournal of Imaging2313-433X2020-10-0161010410.3390/jimaging6100104Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky ColoursZoltán Kolláth0Dénes Száz1Kornél Kolláth2Kai Pong Tong3Department of Physics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) BDPK, 9700 Szombathely, HungaryDepartment of Physics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) BDPK, 9700 Szombathely, HungaryDepartment of Physics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) BDPK, 9700 Szombathely, HungaryDepartment of Physics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) BDPK, 9700 Szombathely, HungaryThe measurement of night sky quality has become an important task in nature conservation. The primary device used for this task can be a calibrated digital camera. In addition, colour information can be derived from sky photography. In this paper, we provide a test on a concept to gather information about the possible sources of night sky brightness based on digital camera images. This method helps to understand changes in night sky quality due to natural and artificial changes in the environment. We demonstrate that a well-defined colour–colour diagram can differentiate between the different natural and artificial sources of night sky radiance. The colour information can be essential when interpreting long-term evolution of light pollution measurements.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/10/104light pollutionimaging radiometrycolorimetry |
| spellingShingle | Zoltán Kolláth Dénes Száz Kornél Kolláth Kai Pong Tong Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours Journal of Imaging light pollution imaging radiometry colorimetry |
| title | Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours |
| title_full | Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours |
| title_fullStr | Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours |
| title_full_unstemmed | Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours |
| title_short | Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours |
| title_sort | light pollution monitoring and sky colours |
| topic | light pollution imaging radiometry colorimetry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/10/104 |
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