Measurement of The Night Sky Brightness in e-Maya Observatory
- 1. Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesha 10, Bandung, Indonesia 40132 (Indonesia)
- 2. Astronomy Research Division, Bosscha Observatory, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesha 10, Bandung, Indonesia 40132 (Indonesia)
Description
One of the ideal criteria for an observatory is the location that is related to its influence on the condition of the night sky. The observatory area is a light pollution-free area, far from the city or urban center. This is intended to get a dark night environment so the observations can be done well. The e-Maya Observatory is one of the observatories in Indonesia that located in Subang, West Java. Established in 2013, the observatory's work is relatively new in Astronomy field in Indonesia. This observatory was built in the area of Astha Hannas Subang High School which is about 18 km to the north from the center of Subang city. To find out the quality of the night sky and how big the impact of city lighting or the level of light pollution in the e-Maya Observatory area, it is necessary to measure the brightness of the night sky. Measurement of the night sky brightness used a simple sky brightness photometer, Sky Quality Meter (SQM), there are two SQM types used, SQM LU and SQM LU-DL. SQM measures the brightness value of the night sky in magnitude per squared arcseconds (mag/arc sec2) all night on August 11-14, 2018 towards the east and west horizons with the slope angle of 30° (z = 60°) and pointed to zenith (z = 0°). (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1245/1/012031Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 1245
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [4 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- International Conference on Mathematics and Natural Sciences (ICMNS)
- Dates
- 2-3 Nov 2018
- Place
- Bandung (Indonesia)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 53056020
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; EFFICIENCY; MEASURING METHODS; NIGHT SKY; PHOTOMETERS; POLLUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SKY