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has gloss | eng: The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale is a nine-level numeric scale that measures the night skys and stars brightness (naked-eye and stellar limiting magnitude) of a particular location. It quantifies the astronomical observability of celestial objects and the interference caused by light pollution and skyglow. John E. Bortle created the scale and published it in the February 2001 edition of Sky & Telescope magazine to help amateur astronomers compare the darkness of observing sites. The scale ranges from class 1, the darkest skies available on Earth, through class 9, inner-city skies. |
lexicalization | eng: Bortle dark sky scale |
lexicalization | eng: Bortle dark-sky scale |
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has gloss | fra: Léchelle de Bortle est une échelle de mesure de la pollution lumineuse créée pour lédition de février 2001 du magazine Sky & Telescope par John Bortle. |
lexicalization | fra: Echelle de Bortle |
lexicalization | fra: échelle de Bortle |
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lexicalization | spa: Escala de cielo oscuro de bortle |
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media:img | Light pollution.jpg |
media:img | Limiting magnitude.jpg |
media:img | ViaLacteaverano.jpg |
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