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Losing the Dark: A Planetarium PSA about Light Pollution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Carolyn Collins Petersen  and
Constance Walker
Carolyn Collins Petersen
Affiliation:
Loch Ness Productions, P.O. Box 924, Nederland, CO 80466, USA, email: [email protected]
Constance Walker
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatories, 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719, USA, email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Losing the Dark is a six-minute PSA video created for fulldome theaters by Loch Ness Productions, the International Dark Sky Association Education Committee headed by Dr. Constance Walker of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Dome3, Adler Planetarium, and Babak Tafreshi (The World at Night). It explains light pollution, its effects, and ways to implement “wise lighting“ practices to mitigate light pollution. The show is also made in flat-screen HD format for classical planetariums, non-dome theaters, and for presentatons by IDA speakers.

Keywords

light pollutionplanetarium showwise lighting practices
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 725
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015