re vandalizing the sky jeff cook ftcollinsco ncr com jeff cook writes in article c t k db research canon oz au enzo research canon oz au enzo liguori writes now space marketing what about light pollution in observations i read somewhere else that it might even be visible during the day leave alone at night i can t believe that a mile long billboard would have any significant effect on the overall sky brightness venus is visible during the day but nobody complains about that besides it s in leo so it would only when i was at the texas star party a few years ago the sky was so dark that venus did indeed cause light pollution until it set even if the billboard were dark it could cause a problem imagine observing an object and halfway through your run your object was occulted i would guess that most of the people stating positive opinions are not fanatically serious observers it is so typical that the rights of the minority are extinguished by the wants of the majority no matter how ridiculous those wants might be george krumins george krumins gfk uxa cso uiuc edu
