Light Pollution and its effects on both Visible and Near-IR night sky ambient brightness
Physics and Astronomy
Audrey J. LaPointe
- Grade:
- 10
- Teacher:
- Michael Frank
This project is about how light pollution affects night sky brightness in light wavelengths just longer than what we can see (near-infrared) compared to what we can see (visible light). This project in particular was chosen because of a previous project on light pollution I have done a while back. The overall conclusion was although light does definitely affect the night sky in near-infrared, it is not as significant of an issue compared to visible light. This project is important because it demonstrates that the light pollution we create is not solely present in visible light.
Great job!
Very interesting.