GROUND BASED NETWORK
DARK-SKY PARK
The Bükk National Park was established on 1977 and it is the third national park in Hungary, but the first one in a mountain area. Since 2012, the park offer a variey of stargazing and nocturnal environment events, and it was designated as a Dark Sky park in 2017. Light pollution is measured by the introduced fixed station installed in the peripheral (buffer) zone of the park, but mobile measurements are also organised occasionally in the area.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Sky-Quality Meter
N° OF STATIONS
1
LOCATION
Kisgyőr, Hungary
COORDINATES
48.01387 °N, 20.68545 °E, 230 m
MEASUREMENT POINT
Peripheral area of Dark Sky Park
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes, freely available
TIME RANGE
Since 2022
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Every minute
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
Daily
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
None
MORE INFORMATION
CALIBRATED DATA
Yes
MEASUREMENT UNIT
mag/arcsec²
WAVELENGTH RANGE
350 – 700 nm
FIELD-OF-VIEW
± 20 deg
DATA POLICY
Not specified
FURTHER REFERENCES
– Bükk National Par website
– Bükk National Park on the DarkSky International website
– Real-time data from webcam in Kisgyőr
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