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2002
This web site is to promote the control of light pollution of the night sky. I am fortunate to live on the edge of the village of Lurgashall, which is in the countryside north of Petworth, West Sussex. Our location is protected from the major sodium light pollution of the nearest large towns by the Black Down hills to the NW, Bexley Hill to the WSW and the South Downs to the South - this does mean that we can't see the low horizon which you can from the top of the south downs. However, we still suffer from the so called halogen 'security lights' that blast light upwards in the most uncontrolled directions. (Yes I do have low energy 10watt fluorescent outside bulkhead lighting and I am aware that the design of the reflector could be improved)
I hope to put up some pictures of the quality of the night sky where I live and what has been lost in other nearby areas.
So please think carefully before choosing and siting lighting - and remember good design that directs the light where it is wanted and not up into the sky is more efficient as well as more neighbourly.
To contact me:-
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