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Re: (meteorobs) Mrs. Webb and light pollution



You sure have my sympathy, Mrs. Webb!  Before writing your letters, I
recommend looking at the home page for the International Dark-sky
Association, where you will find a LOT of information about light pollution
and how to approach light polluters in a constructive manner.

As far as I'm concerned, all meteor observers should be members of this
group!  Even if you can't do that, be sure to take a look at the home page
(it'll take a while, because they have so much useful material).

Good luck, Mrs. Webb.

Dave Hostetter
Curator of the Planetarium
Lafayette (LA) Natural History Museum and Planetarium

>
> It seems that the new Hilton Garden Inn (from my southeast) and Disneyland
> (from my northeast) have sort of joined together searching for something
> exactly at my zenith and whited out that area.  What that doesn't blot
out,
> Disney periodically splashes and rotates out just about all other parts of
> the sky.  So, I hope you will understand that seeing one -2 meteor a while
> ago has been the highlight of my meteor watching year 2000.
> <snip>
> I have spoken to my city and to these businesses, to no avail.  I must now
> write out my request and ask that their lights be turned off.  I am having
> difficulties putting pen to paper in a polite manner, so it may be quite
some
> time before I can add to the meteor discourse.  If anyone has any rational
> letter writing suggestions, please feel free to correspond with me to my
> personal e-mail address.
> <snip>
> Still several stars shining through,
> Mrs. Webb
> Anaheim, CA, USA
>
> P. S.  If this is "off topic" I apologize in advance for that too.
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