LIGHT POLLUTION

Every Light Has Its Shadow

GROUND BASED NETWORK

UNESCO LAMBRECHT

The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Palatinate Forest-North Vosges is one of the International Dark Sky Parks in Germany and thus installed SQM stations to measure the night sky. It offers guided tours as well as star gazing spots for astrologists and the interested public.

TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Sky-Quality Meter, TESS Photometers
N° OF STATIONS
1
LOCATION
Lambrecht, Germany
COORDINATES
49.36963 °N, 8.07994 °E, 200 m
MEASUREMENT POINT
Dark Sky Park, nature reserve
STATUS
Unknown
DATA AVAILABILITY
Not published
TIME RANGE
Since 2020
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Not specified
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
n/a
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
n/a
OWNER
Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen
Geschäftsstelle Pfälzerwald

MORE INFORMATION

CALIBRATED DATA
Yes
MEASUREMENT UNIT
mag/arcsec²
WAVELENGTH RANGE
350 – 700 nm (SQM), 400 – 800 nm (TESS)
FIELD-OF-VIEW
± 20 deg
POINTING DIRECTION
Not specified
DATA VISUALISATION
No
DATA DOWNLOAD
No
DATA FORMAT
n/a
DATA POLICY
n/a
CONTACTS
Yes

FURTHER REFERENCES

– Measuring light pollution at the Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen (article)

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