Manchester Light Pollution
Tonight, I went observing with Tony and Megan. We used the 10" Meade on the roof of the physics department in the city centre. To be honest, the light pollution in Manchester is really bad, so seeing all but the brightest objects by eye can be a challenge. Considering that the conditions were far from perfect, we did manage to image a few objects although I'm still not convinced about NGC 884. To illustrate the point about light pollution, I thought I would include a picture that I took with my digital camera.
Comments: Manchester Light Pollution
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Posted by xxxx? on Tuesday 09th Jan 2007 (19:48 UTC)
man utd r scum
Posted by xxxx? on Tuesday 09th Jan 2007 (19:48 UTC)
XXXX, as I don't support Manchester United and don't come from Manchester originally, I don't see how that is at all relevant. Did you read any of this post?
Posted by Stuart on Tuesday 09th Jan 2007 (19:55 UTC)
this is a good example of light pollution
Posted by jacie on Tuesday 30th Jan 2007 (22:13 UTC)
Uhh that's discusting
Posted by jacie on Tuesday 30th Jan 2007 (22:14 UTC)
I live in Eccles (Manchester) I have an 8" Dobsonian (Celestron).
The light pollution here is not as bad as you have it, but increased clouds over the past few days has meant observing is not really taking off.
Posted by James McFadyen on Wednesday 31st Jan 2007 (12:45 UTC)
Bad lighting can now be rported to your council enviromental health dept, it is treated as bad as sound from a naighbour,
so IF YOU WANT YOUR SKYS BACK REPORT THE LIGHTS OR THE OWNERS OF THE LIGHTS TO THE COUNCIL
Bad lighting now comes under enviromental health law
REPORT IT
Posted by tommo on Friday 15th Jun 2007 (14:37 UTC)
Light pollution in Manchester has always been bad, and is part of an international problem. Street lighting in hundreds of cities world-wide is cooking the atmosphere every night, wasting energy and contributing to climate change, not to mention the damage done to the environment by killing insects. This has a concomitant effect on higher order consumers, resulting in reduced biodiversity. Conservation groups have reported declines in common species of insects and small vertebrates that mirrors the expansion of street lighting over the past forty or fifty years. Astronomical societies and environmental groups should be more pro-active in combatting this problem if we are to see an improvement.
Posted by Colin Henshaw on Sunday 15th Jul 2007 (13:41 UTC)
When Halley's comet was last visible, Professor Mark Bailey (Director of Armagh Observatory, NI), took his Newtonion onto the roof of the Schuster building and invited friends and colleagues to see this famous comet. Light pollution was bad than. Clearly it is worse now. Colin Henshaw predicted this LP future in 1994 when he described the species declines which are today so obvious. Astronomers have been the canaries singing in the coal mine of life for decades. Sadly no-one is listening to their "song"!
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Posted by Stuart on Thursday 05th Aug 2010 (21:11 UTC)
This is a great blog! Glad to see I'm not the only amateur astronomer out there who appreciates getting to see the stars now and then.
Posted by Heather John on Saturday 09th Apr 2011 (00:00 UTC)