3 papers
astro-ph1999
The artificial sky brightness in Europe derived from DMSP satellite data
P. Cinzano, F. Falchi, C. D. Elvidge +1
We present the map of the artificial sky brightness in Europe in V band with a resolution of approximately 1 km. The aim is to understand the state of night sky pollution in Europe…
astro-ph1999
Mapping the artificial sky brightness in Europe from DMSP satellite measurements: the situation of the night sky in Italy in the last quarter of century
P. Cinzano, F. Falchi, C. D. Elvidge +1
We present a project to map the artificial sky brightness in Europe in the main astronomical photometrical bands with a resolution better than 3 km. The aim is to understand the st…
astro-ph1998
Maps of artificial sky brightness and upward emission in Italy from DMSP satellite measurements
F. Falchi, P. Cinzano
We obtained the map of the zenith brightness of the night sky in Italy. The artificial sky brightness in each site is computed by integration of the contributions by each unitary a…