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Infographic illustrating effects of light pollution on star visibility
This infographic illustrates the effects skyglow, caused by light pollution, has on star-count. An analysis from Globe at Night, a citizen-science program run by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, found that to the human eye, artificial lighting has dulled the night sky more rapidly than has been indicated by satellite measurements.
[NOIRLab is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.]
Learn more in the NOIRLab news story Infographic illustrating the impact of light pollution on our ability to see stars and other objects in the night sky. (Date of image: 2023; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Feb. 10, 2023)
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, P. Marenfeld (Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)
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