Research suggests if trend continues, view of Orion’s belt will disappear due to glow from artificial lighting
wrote the poetBut for myriad writers and artists, that source of inspiration could be fading as research has revealed light pollution is rapidly reducing the number of stars visible to the naked eye. The study,, suggests locations with 250 visible stars at present will have just 100 visible stars in 18 years.
However the impact of a shift to light-emitting diodes in recent years is unclear. Satellites that can measure skyglow have limited resolution and cannot detect some wavelengths of light emitted by LEDs.
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