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Measuring and mapping the night sky brightness of Perth, Western Australia by Biggs, J., Fouche, T., Bilki, F., Zadnik, Marjan

“…In order to study the light pollution produced in the city of Perth, Western Australia, we have used a hand-held sky brightness meter to measure the night sky brightness across the city. The data acquired facilitated the creation of a contour map of night sky brightness across the 2400 km2 area of the city – the first such map to be produced for a city. …”
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Indigenous Australian artists and astrophysicists come together to communicate science and culture via art by Tingay, Steven

“…We came together to explore deep traditions in Indigenous culture, including perspectives of the night sky, and the modern astrophysical understanding of the Universe. …”
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A study of visible light communication channels for high speed roadways by Al-Busaidi, Samir Abdullah

“…A visible light communication channel study is conducted for high speed roadways under clear night sky conditions in which street light poles transmit to receivers on top of moving vehicles. …”
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CREATING ARTIFICIAL SHOOTING STARS – A JAPANESE SCIENTIST’S DREAM COME TRUE by MPRC, Pusat Media & Perhubungan Awam

“…USM, PENANG, 22 February 2017 – ALE Co., Ltd is a technology company from Japan which has developed a technique of offering ondemand manmade ‘shooting stars’ for entertainment purposes, which could be seen on the ‘blank canvas’ of the night sky, hence the name “Sky Canvas”.…”
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Identifying light pollution sources at two major observatories in Malaysia by Mohammad R. Tahar, Nazhatulshima Ahmad, Nur H. Ismail

“…The light pollution observations were carried out under moonless clear night sky with a 90 mm refractor telescope and SBIG’s Self Guiding Spectrograph. …”
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Renewable indoor radiant cooling and earth tube heat exchanger hybrid for thermal comfort improvement by M.S. Imran, A. Baharun, S.H. Ibrahim, W.A.W.Z. Abidin

“…This study investigates the applicability of hydronic radiant cooling system charged with night cooled water to cool down building in Sarawak particularly for low income building to a thermally acceptable level. The system uses night sky as well as the ground as a heat sink source to passively cool the building while operating at a low energy level. …”
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A Passive Malaysian Residential Building With A Hydronic Radiator by Azhaili, Baharun, Siti, Halipah Ibrahim, Mohammad Omar, Abdullah, Ooi, Koon Beng

“…When radiative heat loss to the dark night sky is included, water can be cooled to 25°C. …”
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Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College (SAEC) at Attingham 1948-76 by Clancy, Sharon. L.

“…Although some more robust infrastructural ‘markers’ of the College, such as student-made stained glass windows and some mosaics, remain in situ, others, like the ceiling paintings of night sky constellations, have been erased or removed. …”
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A laboratory study of the psychological impact of light pollution in national parks by Benfield, J., Nutt, R., Taff, B., Miller, Z., Costigan, H., Newman, Peter

“…Results show that light pollution impacts a range of psychological and scene evaluation dimensions but that pristine night skies are not necessarily viewed as the ideal, likely due to being viewed as unfamiliar or unrealistic because so few have experienced the true baseline.…”
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