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1 Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell’Inquinamento Luminoso (ISTIL)
in collaboration with
2 Università di Padova, Dip. Astronomia (until March 2006)
3 NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder
authors P. Cinzano 1,2 , F. Falchi 1,2 , C.D. Elvidge 3
with the support of
Italian Space Agency
(Contract 2001: Global monitoring of
light pollution and night sky brightness
from satellite measurements)
Università di Padova
(Young Researcher’s Project 2003:
Light pollution and the protection of
astronomical sites)
International Dark-Sky Association
Astronomical Observatories
(NOAA/CTIO, VAT, Lowell, IAC/OTPC)
Other organizations (CfDS, AFAM)
National and regional agencies for
environmental protection