Re: Light Pollution

[Jan Hollan <jhollan@amper....muni.cz>]

Hello Claire,

 the law will become applicable since June 1. I think the municipalities
can demand owners of skybeamers to switch them on nevermore after the
date, but that's all probably for that very moment. (An explicit ban of
the skybeamers should be in the implementing regulations to be issued by
the government.) Improvement of all outdoor lighting will last some time,
decades in some cases.

Some English-written info is at http://www.astro.cz/darksky and the links
from there (I've written about the history of the law already to some
journalists), I can write more in Friday.  

I could easily come to Prague at the beginning of June. Or, vice versa, if
you visit Czechia, you could visit Brno as well, three hours from Prague
by train, just a bit north from Vienna. Our observatory has a lot less
polluted skies than the Prague one, where the other Jan (Manek) observes
and Pavel (Suchan) works... And we have some quality streetlights (no
upward light) here to show you.

So, see you in Czechia end of May or beginning of June!

Jenik

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 Claire@cbradford1....co.uk wrote:

> Hello Jan,
> 
> My name is Claire Bradford and I work as a freelance journalist.  I
> have been asked by the Ottawa Citizen newspaper to write an article
> about the recent Light Legislation Law passed by the Czech Republic.  
> I hope you don't mind my contacting you, but I was hopeful that you
> may be able to help me with information about events leading up to the
> passing of the law and the long term benefits to be gained.
> 
> I am planning to come to Prague and would like to coincide my visit
> with the date that the law takes effect, could you tell me when this
> will be?  Would it be possible to meet with you whilst I am in Prague?
> 
> Any information that you can give me would be very much appreciated.  
> I have also e-mailed a Mr Pavel Suchan from Stefanik Observatory,
> having been given both his and your email addresses by a Mr Jan Manek.
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you.
> 
> With kind regards,
> 
> Claire