Location
Toomey Hall Atrium
Description
Faculty and undergraduate students at Truman State University participated in activities related to quantifying light pollution and creating awareness about the dangers associated with bad outdoor lighting. The research activities students were involved in include continuing our work on using “all-sky-cameras” and the TESS all-sky photometer to quantify the sky brightness at various locations in-and-around Kirksville; and starting a new interdisciplinary project involving counting bird-strikes near glass windows around the Truman campus. With regards to outreach & activism, students have continued to reach out to school administrators, the Truman State Physical Plant, and the local Kirksville city management to continue the process of improving outdoor lighting in-andaround Kirksville. Students have successfully lobbied to obtain close to $7,500 from the Environmental Fee Allocation Committee (ESFAC) at Truman State to install ambercolored lighting on the University Farm and to install about 10 retrofits for “globe lights” on the Truman campus. Students have organized a series of events related to the “International Dark Sky Week” (April 17th to 20th 2023). Students have generated detailed maps of the lighting on the Truman State University campus, the University farm, Thousand Hills State Park, and downtown Kirksville categorizing outdoor lights and light fixtures in terms of their dark-sky friendliness.
Meeting Name
32nd Annual Spring Meeting of the NASA-Mo Space Grant Consortium
Document Type
Technical Report
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 The Authors, all rights reserved.
Quantifying and Reducing Light Pollution
Toomey Hall Atrium
Faculty and undergraduate students at Truman State University participated in activities related to quantifying light pollution and creating awareness about the dangers associated with bad outdoor lighting. The research activities students were involved in include continuing our work on using “all-sky-cameras” and the TESS all-sky photometer to quantify the sky brightness at various locations in-and-around Kirksville; and starting a new interdisciplinary project involving counting bird-strikes near glass windows around the Truman campus. With regards to outreach & activism, students have continued to reach out to school administrators, the Truman State Physical Plant, and the local Kirksville city management to continue the process of improving outdoor lighting in-andaround Kirksville. Students have successfully lobbied to obtain close to $7,500 from the Environmental Fee Allocation Committee (ESFAC) at Truman State to install ambercolored lighting on the University Farm and to install about 10 retrofits for “globe lights” on the Truman campus. Students have organized a series of events related to the “International Dark Sky Week” (April 17th to 20th 2023). Students have generated detailed maps of the lighting on the Truman State University campus, the University farm, Thousand Hills State Park, and downtown Kirksville categorizing outdoor lights and light fixtures in terms of their dark-sky friendliness.
