Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute

Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell'Inquinamento Luminoso

Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute

The night sky in the World Home Page
How we surveil the situation of the night sky with satellites
The DMSP satellite and its Operational Linescan System
The World Atlas of sea level artificial night sky brightness
Maps of the artificial night sky brightness
Maps of the total night sky brightness
Maps of the naked eye stellar visibility
Maps of the number of visible stars
Maps of the growth of light pollution
Maps of the night sky in selected sites
Our scientific papers
Our group of study
Light Pollution in Italy Web Site
Dep. of Astronomy University of Padova

National Geophysical Data Center - DMSP Nighttime Lights of the World

International Dark-Sky Association - DMSP nighttime  images

NASA - DMSP pages

Earth View

The night sky live

 

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The night sky in the World

Satellite monitoring of the artificial night sky brightness and the stellar visibility

 

 

Our research group

 

Pierantonio Cinzano

Dipartimento di Astronomia

V.lo dell'Osservatorio, 5

I-35100 Padova, Italy

cinzano@pd.astro.it cinzano@istil.it

personal web page - curriculum vitae - publication list

 

Fabio Falchi

Dipartimento di Astronomia

V.lo dell'Osservatorio, 5

I-35100 Padova, Italy

 

Christopher D. Elvidge

Office of the director

NOAA National Geophysical Data Center

Boulder, CO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The night sky in the World  Home page