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Work for the Reduction of Light Pollution in Turkey
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2016
Abstract
In recent years Turkey has been losing the beauty of its night sky at a fast rate. The amount of outdoor lighting is increasing every day. University observatories at Ankara and Izmir are already irreversibly affected by light pollution. In this paper, work against light pollution in Turkey is outlined.
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- Part 2. Threats to Optical Astronomy
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 196: Preserving the Astronomical Sky , 2001 , pp. 151 - 152
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001
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