P. Cinzano

TL;DR: The world atlas of zenith artificial night sky brightness is modelled with VIIRS DNB data and calibrated with new high-resolution satellite data and new precision sky brightness measurements, showing that more than 80% of the world and more than 99%" of the U.S. and European populations live under light-polluted skies.

TL;DR: The first World Atlas of the zenith artificial night sky brightness at sea level is presented in this article, based on radiance-calibrated high-resolution DMSP satellite data and on accurate modelling of light propagation in the atmosphere.

TL;DR: The amount of pollution is strongly dependent on the spectral characteristics of the lamps, with the more environmentally friendly lamps being low pressure sodium, followed by high pressure sodium and most polluting are the lamps with a strong blue emission, like Metal Halide and white LEDs.

TL;DR: The primary findings of this study are that Nightsat should collect data from a near‐synchronous orbit in the early evening with 50 to 100 m spatial resolution and have detection limits of 2.5E−8 Watts cm−2sr−1µm−1 or better.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a method to map the artificial sky brightness across large territories in astronomical photometric bands with a resolution of approximately 1 km, which is of use in quantifying the situation regarding night sky pollution, recognizing potential astronomical sites and allowing future monitoring of trends.