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most citedCan we illuminate our cities and (still) see the stars?

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astro-ph.IM20261 cited

Skyglow inside your eyes: intraocular scattering and artificial brightness of the night sky

Salvador Bará, Carmen Bao-Varela

The visual perception of the natural night sky in many places of the world is strongly disturbed by anthropogenic light. Part of this artificial light is scattered in the atmospher…

astro-ph.IM20262 cited

Can we illuminate our cities and (still) see the stars?

Salvador Bará, Fabio Falchi, Raul C. Lima +1

Could we enjoy starry skies in our cities again? Arguably yes. The actual number of visible stars will depend, among other factors, on the spatial density of the overall city light…

astro-ph.IM2025

Trust, but verify: Reducing artificial light emissions and monitoring compliance

Salvador Bará

In order to reduce light pollution we have to reduce the overall amount of artificial light emissions. This is a consequence of the basic rules governing the propagation of light i…

astro-ph.IM2025

Diverging evolution of light pollution indicators: can the Globe at Night and VIIRS-DNB measurements be reconciled?

Salvador Bará, José J. Castro-Torres

The radiance of nighttime artificial lights measured by the VIIRS-DNB instrument on board the satellite Suomi-NPP increases at an average rate ~2.2 %/yr worldwide, whereas the arti…

astro-ph.IM2024

Detecting changes in anthropogenic light emissions: limits due to atmospheric variability

Salvador Bará

Monitoring the evolution of the anthropogenic light emissions is a priority task in light pollution research. Among the complementary approaches that can be adopted to achieve this…

physics.soc-ph2024

Quantifying the visual impact of wind farm lights on the nocturnal landscape

Salvador Bará, Raul C. Lima

Wind farm lights are a conspicuous feature in the nocturnal landscape. Their presence is a source of light pollution for residents and the environment, severely disrupting in some…