Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell'Inquinamento Luminoso

Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute

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How we surveil the situation of the night sky with satellites

The DMSP satellite and its Operational Linescan System

The World Atlas of sea level artificial night sky brightness

Maps of the artificial night sky brightness

Maps of the total night sky brightness

Maps of the naked eye stellar visibility

Maps of the number of visible stars

Maps of the growth of light pollution

Maps of the night sky in selected sites

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Light Pollution in Italy Web Site

Dep. of Astronomy University of Padova

National Geophysical Data Center - DMSP Nighttime Lights of the World

International Dark-Sky Association - DMSP nighttime images

NASA - DMSP pages

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The night sky in the World

Satellite monitoring of the artificial night sky brightness and the stellar visibility

The World Atlas of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness

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