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Recent CIE Activities on Minimizing Interference to Optical Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Duco A. Schreuder
Duco A. Schreuder*
Affiliation:
Duco Schreuder Consultancies, Spechtlaan 303, 2261 BE Leidschendam, The Netherlands

Abstract

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The paper describes the activities of CIE in the field of fighting sky glow. The most recent CIE publications are briefly discussed, as well as suggestions for further work. Modern developments in road lighting as well as alternatives to it are briefly discussed.

Type
Part 2. Threats to Optical Astronomy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 196: Preserving the Astronomical Sky , 2001 , pp. 69 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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