Hi,
Its used to be nice & dark, now my back garden (in Rush) is nearly all illuminated by a LPS street light.

Any ideas?

John

Black widow catapults work ok. They are quieter than BB guns, and a lot less obvious than hunting rifles.

do what i do take the fuse out of the street light outside your house but dont get cot works a treat
carl

On a more serious note, the following is a link to a document in An Bord Pleanala.

Two years ago a Galwegian took on Galway County Council over a single street-light, demanding that proper planning permission be obtained.

He lost....but give him a medal for trying.

(Or maybe a black widow!)

The planners ruled that street-lights are "Exempt Development" which means (as far as I know) that local authorities can put up street-lights anywhere they like without consulting anybody.

See:

www.pleanala.ie/REP/RL2/RRL2128.DOC

(Seven densely written pages over one street light !)

The battle is being lost,simple as that.

Peter.

The battle is being lost,simple as that.

Sorry to hear about that John. Not entirely - do what I did - build a light shield !!!
Mine is 7ft high, 6ft wide. made simply of a wooden rectangle, bolted up with 90 degree brackets, and a stand to support it underneath. I have two handles to carry it back and forth, it's light, and cost me all of 20 Euro, the structure is covered with thick plastic bags...

www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=556

Just make out where you need to put it, and work from there, also have a good place to store it out of the wind !

Mind at ease.
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Keith..

John,

Local lights only cause a major problem if its shining directly on your setup. Its the glow of all the lights in dublin illuminating the skay thats the real problem. As suggested a shield will solve the immediate problem.

Very similar issues here.
As the others mention if it's glare coming towards you a light shield will help. If it's indirect like here maybe an IDAS filter would help?

We have a similar problem. Next door is a night club that has very very powerful lights, making it impossible to see anything but a mag 2 star over about 1/4 of the sky from the east to south and to about 40 degrees up.

Ordered an IDAS filter from astromart to see if it makes any difference.

A black widow would probably be more efficient though :wink:

Trev

Hi,
Thanks to those for helpful suggestions. It's the sideways glare from this light that's the real problem. Only a small fraction of it's light illuminates the road.

The shield is probably the best idea.

The sky itself is reasonably ok, despite being not too far from Dublin.

John

The shield is probably the best idea.

Sure is John, I don't go about a session without it now, It can be the difference between staying with this hobby, or just plain giving it up :roll:

Be sure to build one, it only takes a few hours, and well worth the effort!

Keith..

Missed this thread. oops.

Have you tried writing to the council and asking them to change the fitting or asking them to put up a screen?

It may not have much effect and you may have to resort to making a scrren but for the price of a stamp and 20 minutes to write the letter it may help. What it will do is let them know that there are people who care about bad lighting.

Cheers,
~Al