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' v . ’ ; fl “ g ' ‘ 't‘g‘é' The reason â€"â€" light pollution. 7 will not only help save the sky. but ‘Mi 7: . ' ~ ,. ’38 L . #4 Light pollution is the excess “There is no shielding be environmentally friendly in the 7-, . 7'7" m " ' , light that street lamps. buildings . process, Holmes said. ‘ “, ‘ ‘ $763 ‘7 , a , f and other sources give off, cloud- in place [0 prevent “it will save a lot of energy and 1 it . _ a”? ing the new of the night sky. the lightfrom eliminate some carbon." he said. w‘ f .3 W“ The problem has been etting . , For now, Nielsen and his ilk will ix 2 as g s ' f ‘ ‘; 3 «i worse in Waterloo, Nielsen said. ShOOtlng out In all be searching the region for a place i 7'9- ~_ ., And now he's worried he's lost his ' ' ‘ where the stars can be seen. ‘ ‘ Everyonetasasavings 7,. _ , " . .; ' 3' last refuge for stargazing. directions, lespecmlly “1 often wonder how many kids ‘ g g \ number. What'syours? f, g ' ’7 Nielsen has been using his tele» into the nights/(y within Kâ€"W have never seen the Q ‘ .- . , j“ s” g} scope in the city‘s east end for two ' ' fix Milky Way as I did as a child. How I i *3? g i s75; decades. lighting mres_used many perhaps have lost an oppor- ’ f T" “The entire R151 Park area 20 throughout the Clly are tunity to enrich their minds and years ago used to be forest and ' _ ' " lives through the astronomy hobby . _ ~ ‘ , lamiers~ fields where the night sky ”lg," sk‘yfi'lendly. because light pollution prevents xii] 9 insuranceHOtllne.C0m sparkled with thousands and thou- â€"Shawn Nielsen them from marvelling at the night I sands of stars and the Milky Way localstargazer sky above our two cities?" Nielsen V 5 i h E i m L ll 1 R t was so bright it almost appeared to said. our ea C “we or e owes nauran e a as dimly light the ground around To raise awareness forthe prob- _ you." he said. lem of light pollution. the Great ... mmww*wnmum But as the area around Univer~ “There appears to be more World Wide Star Count is occurring “in“ www.mjuuâ€"mmwmnm 5in Avenue was developed, that emphasis on appearance than between Oct. 20 and Nov. 3. u an , :1";::‘ w“""""""' effect was diminished. functionality when it comes to it's an annual event that helps in ”- an 2 ' want-In Wig-$122.3 “The fixtures along University lighting in the city." he said. researchers plot the growing prob- ,_,_ m u, 2 m“:(:" Mum-vim» and surrounding the RIM Park "There is no shielding in place to lem oflight pollution. ‘ m" ' ""'""""“'“ complex are spewing light every» prevent the light from shooting out "Everyone can participate and """"”""'"‘ m”“""“”’”"""" ’ where," he said. in all directions. especially into the it helps to create awareness of this Nielsen managed to find a night sky. This concept by city growing problem.~ Nielsen said. secluded spot on the northwest planners seems to be the norm. as Participants across the world 5? wt ”was“ :r-«mmmwr COWLNES corner across from RIM Park none of the lighting fixtures used will chart the night sky, then com- where he could make out some throughout the city are nightrsky pare results. For more information - - stars. friendly. “ about the star count, visit 60 Offline to InsuranceHo‘l'ne-com But a new office complex slated It's not just Waterloo that's hav- www, ucar.edu / news i releas- for the area might just obscure the trig problems. esi2008a'starsisp. LEI BIS lklAKEOVER EVEN I Y: One eek only! t- ' .1»? t « .. November lâ€"8, 2008 ‘ . « X Enter to win a . ._ , % ' ~ i Makeover Weekend ‘ ' ‘ i. ' .. ' " . locum a a . ' . e .50.... 1 .. g . _ f Card 3 7‘ wttleumhosonOOormore. . . ‘A s1. 1’ ' ‘7. 7 v” 1 s - SavetheTox . ‘ ' = ’ 4 , "’3" 1 .. - , ' ., on sunglasses. 1 ”3:3. 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