I could see Orion, in the middle of a light-polluted city!.    From Wordnik.com.  [sirilyan Diary Entry] Reference

It did pay off on November 8th of last year when I was able to see an aurora from my light-polluted back yard in Issaquah.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aurora comes in view | Seattle Metblogs] Reference

The moon was still too full for an optimum view but there was still much more to see than in the light-polluted skies over Edinburgh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Day 9 – Trient via the Fenetre d’Arpette] Reference

He mates that with an array of lenses and magnifiers, depending on the kind of viewing he's doing -- nearby planets versus nebulae, or whether he's in a light-polluted city or in a darker, rural setting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spending Green to See Red Planet] Reference

Right after sunset, in the northwestern sky, Hale-Bopp's distinctive head and diaphanous tail should be out in full regalia-without any need for a telescope or binoculars, and unmistakable even in light-polluted cities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return Of The Great Comet] Reference

New York City and environs is one of the most light-polluted areas on the planet.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

That's little brighter than a full moon, and typical of a light-polluted marsh in Utica.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Earth] Reference

The celestial event will be visible from all parts of the world, even from light-polluted cities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zee News : India National] Reference

"You know that two generations now are growing up not being aware that all this is out there because ... half of the world is light-polluted.".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

If the White House were on the West Coast (and in a less light-polluted city), the best time for such a party would have been early this morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [SEEDMAGAZINE.COM] Reference

The first requirement is truly dark skies; if you are observing from a light-polluted environment you need Tony Cooke's book, Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

It boasts the least light-polluted spot in England (Kielder Water), a string of castles, the high heathered roof of the Cheviot Hills, and the Priory at Lindisfarne, Britain's most distinctive coastal feature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Moreover, 63\% of the world population and 99\% of the population of the European Union and the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) live in areas where the night sky is brighter than the threshold for light-polluted status set by the International Astronomical Union-that is, the artificial sky brightness is greater than 10\% of the natural sky brightness above 45° of elevation.    From Wordnik.com.  [YubaNet.com] Reference

A young female astronomer guides the audience through a story that includes unique animations and footage, leading the viewer from the first observations by Galileo, 400 years ago, to the world of modern astronomy, moving from the visible wavelength domain to explore the millimeter-wave view of the Universe, and leaving light-polluted cities for unique settings in some of the highest and driest places on Earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference

Duly noted, but I don’t expect to see much from my light-polluted wasteland….    From Wordnik.com.  [Geminids] Reference

It’s out there somewhere, while the London rain slashes the light-polluted scuzz, wacks down fried leaves, keeps me inside this rainy, orange October day, retrieving the Floyd’s mission to locate the alien in the psychopath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ballardian » Review: Jeremy Reed’s West End Survival Kit] Reference

Posted by John on August 30th, 2001 at 7:17 am · No Comments sometimes i look out at the night sky and am amazed by the number of stars i can see, even here in light-polluted southern california. for each star in my field of vision (in my neighborhood probably less than 500 even on a good dark night), i know that there at least 400 million other brilliant, burning balls of gas just in our very own milky way galaxy (and this is a conservative estimate). there are at least 80 billion galaxies in the universe. this is not terribly scientific, but i estimate that there are more than 1600 billion billion stars in the universe, give or take a few hundred billion billion.    From Wordnik.com.  [universes. | Mind on Fire] Reference