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Irish Night Skies and the need to fight Light Pollution

📅Monday, 27th May 2024
⏰8pm

 

📍UCD Beech Hill building, Beech Hill Road, Dublin D04 P7W1.
🔗You can also join the meeting online a few minutes before the event by clicking on this Zoom link (at 19:00 UT).

Artificial lighting used inappropriately or excessively causes light pollution and, aside from its impact on astronomers and our view of the night sky, adversely affecting the environment, the health of humans and wild animals, biodiversity, and (through energy waste) the climate. The last few generations of city dwellers are the first in human history to be denied a sight of the starry heavens. Dark Sky Ireland campaigns to halt and reverse the progressive light pollution of our night skies. Brian Espey, Associate Professor of Physics at Trinity College Dublin, as its chairperson will talk about the successes that have been achieved and the next steps.

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