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by progfix 1239 days ago
I noticed that streets with LED lamps are far less visible from far away than ones with old "orange" street lamps. I can't imagine them being worse in terms of light pollution.
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The difference is you used to be able to put a filter on the end of the telescope that blocks out all that orange, back when lights were mostly limited to the sodium emission spectrum.