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How Londons light pollution problem has worsened overtime and what we can do about it

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I initially captured this video footage using a three second time lapse to test if the new meteor lens is working properly. As you can see this is giving crystal-clear views Ursa Major is visible in the left-hand side Cassiopeia near the horizon and the top right Vega with the same constellation of Lyra. However, what is also visible is the shocking light pollution the sheet of white light that starts at the horizon and slowly fades out as it moves further towards the celestial pole. Is it a problem with the camera? Well, no, it is not a problem with the camera it is in fact London's light pollution. This of course makes it is difficult to see faint objects in this area of the sky be it faint stars, outer planets or comets in fact the light pollution is so bad it is often difficult to recognize constellations. This is because some of the stars that make up the constellation are in fact obscured by the light pollution another thing this video shows that we still do not have a