File:Light Pollution near Kitt Peak (IMG 2222-CC).tiff

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The light pollution of Tucson, Arizona can be seen in the backdrop of this photo of Kitt Peak National Observatory, with the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope featured prominently.

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English: The light pollution of Tucson, Arizona can be seen in the backdrop of this photo of Kitt Peak National Observatory, with the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope featured prominently. In addition to being an aesthetic blight, light pollution poses one of the greatest risks to astronomical research at Kitt Peak, drowning out the natural starlight and the light from distant asteroids, comets, galaxies, quasars, and other objects in the night sky.
Date 22 February 2022, 13:44 (upload date)
Source Light Pollution near Kitt Peak
Author KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Tafreshi
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