Shielded lights What a JOKE

The card playing place that's only about 100 yards down the road, who put up
those blazing QH lights on the nort facint top of his roof, that have killed
viewing the milkyway from my home now, has on the 3 lights facing north put
shields on them, or at lest that's what he calls the metal strips that now
block maybe 0.5% of the light coming towards the trailer park and he calls
those totaly useless things light shields. They where put on yesterday so
last night I checked and there is almost no reduction of light at all. The
shileds look to be stips of metal that at the most stick out from the top
maybe 6 to 10 inch.

The Freeway Billbords used to hold 1st place on my list of light sorces,
they have been moved down to 3rd place, with Diamond Jims taking 1st and 2nd
place.


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You dont seem to git it. Its called Urbanism. You seriously think they are going
to stop urbanising for you!?

Live every day likeit was your lastand these were the Good Ole Days
because it is! Post nuclear attack and WWIII youc an have all the dark
skies you want!



Starlord wrote:

The card playing place that's only about 100 yards down the road, who put up
those blazing QH lights on the nort facint top of his roof, that have killed
viewing the milkyway from my home now, has on the 3 lights facing north put
shields on them, or at lest that's what he calls the metal strips that now
block maybe 0.5% of the light coming towards the trailer park and he calls
those totaly useless things light shields. They where put on yesterday so
last night I checked and there is almost no reduction of light at all. The
shileds look to be stips of metal that at the most stick out from the top
maybe 6 to 10 inch.

The Freeway Billbords used to hold 1st place on my list of light sorces,
they have been moved down to 3rd place, with Diamond Jims taking 1st and 2nd
place.

--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond

Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
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http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html

You don't seem to get it. This place has been out here for close to 15 years
and didn't have these lights. And it is the ONLY place in the area. It was
sold to a new owner last year and the new owner is the one who put up the
lights last month. And the only other places in this area are HOMES and no
one likes the lights.


--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond

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"Wally" wrote in message
...
You dont seem to git it. Its called Urbanism. You seriously think they are
going
to stop urbanising for you!?

Live every day likeit was your lastand these were the Good Ole Days
because it is! Post nuclear attack and WWIII youc an have all the dark
skies you want!

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:26:21 -0700, "Starlord"
wrote:

+++You don't seem to get it. This place has been out here for close to 15 years
+++and didn't have these lights. And it is the ONLY place in the area. It was
+++sold to a new owner last year and the new owner is the one who put up the
+++lights last month. And the only other places in this area are HOMES and no
+++one likes the lights.
***********

Has to light up the place so the graffiti artist wont have to work in
the dark.

james

I took a tip I read in Uncle Rod's Guide to Urban Astronomy.

Make a light shield from inexpensive 2X4 boards and plywood.

I use a sign easel that I made a few years ago. I place a big
corrogated piece of sign plastic on it to block out the streetlight
that is right next to my driveway. It works like a charm.
However, it "occults" any objects behind it in the sky.

The other option is to construct an inexpensive circular wall out of
PVC pipe and blue tarp material. But that adds to setup time..

Matthew Ota

Starlord wrote:
The card playing place that's only about 100 yards down the road, who put up
those blazing QH lights on the nort facint top of his roof, that have killed
viewing the milkyway from my home now, has on the 3 lights facing north put
shields on them, or at lest that's what he calls the metal strips that now
block maybe 0.5% of the light coming towards the trailer park and he calls
those totaly useless things light shields. They where put on yesterday so
last night I checked and there is almost no reduction of light at all. The
shileds look to be stips of metal that at the most stick out from the top
maybe 6 to 10 inch.

The Freeway Billbords used to hold 1st place on my list of light sorces,
they have been moved down to 3rd place, with Diamond Jims taking 1st and 2nd
place.


--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond

Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html

This is out in the High Mojave Desert and with the guards he has there is no
suce thing as that on his building, after all, he's open 24/7 and has at
lest 4 to 6 guards on all the time too.


--
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"james" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:26:21 -0700, "Starlord"
wrote:

+++You don't seem to get it. This place has been out here for close to 15
years
+++and didn't have these lights. And it is the ONLY place in the area. It
was
+++sold to a new owner last year and the new owner is the one who put up
the
+++lights last month. And the only other places in this area are HOMES and
no
+++one likes the lights.
***********

Has to light up the place so the graffiti artist wont have to work in
the dark.

james

That would be fine for normal street lamps, these 3 lights are like this:

* *
* spread across the top of the building and I'd need a 10ft tall wall. I
can't even see the Milkyway because of them.
Not from here anymore.


--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond

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http://home.inreach.com/starlord
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"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
ups.com...
I took a tip I read in Uncle Rod's Guide to Urban Astronomy.

Make a light shield from inexpensive 2X4 boards and plywood.

I use a sign easel that I made a few years ago. I place a big
corrogated piece of sign plastic on it to block out the streetlight
that is right next to my driveway. It works like a charm.
However, it "occults" any objects behind it in the sky.

The other option is to construct an inexpensive circular wall out of
PVC pipe and blue tarp material. But that adds to setup time..

Matthew Ota

Starlord wrote:
The card playing place that's only about 100 yards down the road, who put
up
those blazing QH lights on the nort facint top of his roof, that have
killed
viewing the milkyway from my home now, has on the 3 lights facing north
put
shields on them, or at lest that's what he calls the metal strips that
now
block maybe 0.5% of the light coming towards the trailer park and he
calls
those totaly useless things light shields. They where put on yesterday so
last night I checked and there is almost no reduction of light at all.
The
shileds look to be stips of metal that at the most stick out from the top
maybe 6 to 10 inch.

The Freeway Billbords used to hold 1st place on my list of light sorces,
they have been moved down to 3rd place, with Diamond Jims taking 1st and
2nd
place.


--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond

Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html

Make a light shield from inexpensive 2X4 boards and plywood.


I made a shield similar to that. Some pictures are on my bino page...

http://binoguy.com

....scroll down toward the bottom.


..Florian