Casting a Light on Dark Sky Awareness in Madeira

Pedro Augusto (1,2,3) & Ilídio Andrade (1,3).

(1) Centro de Competência de Ciências Exactas e da Engenharia, Universidade da Madeira, Caminho da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal
(2) Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Observatório Astronómico, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018 Lisboa
(3) Grupo de Astronomia da Universidade da Madeira

We have implemented Dark Sky Awareness — one of the Cornerstone projects of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 — in Madeira with an initiative called O céu estrelado existe! (The Starry Sky Exists!). Eight of the 11 municipalities in the region took part (260 000 inhabitants), with 356 people attending the events. Six talks were given and eight organised blackouts covered a total area of 112 km^2 (14% of Madeira’s land area).

Key Words: IYA2009, Dark Skies, Light Pollution

Class:	Artigo de divulgação
Links:	CAP journal, 13, April 2013
Reference:	Augusto, P. & Andrade I., 2013, CAP journal, 13, p09-11.
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