fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Geography@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agoA simple streetlight hack could protect astronomy from urban light pollutionwww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10cross-posted to: space@mander.xyzhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkA simple streetlight hack could protect astronomy from urban light pollutionwww.space.comfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Geography@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: space@mander.xyzhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThis is actually fairly normal, you want them to illuminate the ground after all, so a reflective shade makes sense. Most street lamps already do this in most of the world The ground reflects the light up however
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoTime to paint the ground with Vanta Black!
This is actually fairly normal, you want them to illuminate the ground after all, so a reflective shade makes sense. Most street lamps already do this in most of the world
The ground reflects the light up however
Time to paint the ground with Vanta Black!