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Are Big Bend stars getting outshined

By July 26, 2022No Comments

Stephen Hummel, the Dark Skies Senior Outreach Program coordinator with McDonald Observatory, takes annual night sky measurements throughout the greater Big Bend to track changes in light pollution. The latest results show that Terlingua is getting brighter. Measurements are made with a scientific grade camera using a process developed by the National Park Service to produce imagery called all-sky photometry.

 

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