Wish there was a “like” button here, but, +1 anyway.
I have you by 10 years in Amateur Astronomy and find it sad that 40 years ago, I could stand in my parents front yard and see the milky way, while now, I can barely see stars.
It’s not light pollution, but, a whole lot of wasted light and electricity being used to light the bad guys way so that they can get away.
In England, they use to shut down street lights at midnight. I think it’s time for us to do that here too.
>> 40 years ago, I could stand in my parents front yard and see the milky way, while now, I can barely see stars <<
Dittos here. And it’s a real shame, IMHO.
Moreover, even though our cities have more lighting today than 50 or 60 years ago, crime is up in most cities.
Therefore, it seems that more light = more crime.
Go figure!