Re: (meteorobs) Light Pollution

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Light Pollution
• From: Stop Light Pollution! <GLIBA@grovx3.gsfc.nasadot gov>
• Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 8:35:12 -0400
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Lew Gramer said amoung other things about light pollution:

>One last disclaimer: I've never yet been to West Texas, to see the deadly dark
>skies where some have supposedly measured LMs in the 8.5-8.9 range. When I do
>someday get there though, I sincerely hope to find it is truly THAT MUCH darker
>than my beloved Long Key site. We'll see!

I flatly don't beleive anyone anywhere can see LMs in the 8.5-8.9 range with
the naked-eye. Surely this must be a typo of 7.5-7.9! I think 8.5-8.9 LM is
impossible to see by anyone anywhere.

GWG
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