ALPS
ALPS

ALPS - stations monitoring the sky

Stations

SQM values in mpsas (magnitude per square arc second)
Station name Latest value Darkest last night Darkest this month Darkest this year
ALPS-WRO 15.09 16.31 19.34 19.36
ALPS-BIA 16.28 18.52 21.25 21.46
ALPS-PIW 16.37 18.17 26.81 26.81
ALPS-OST 16.44 18.0 20.7 20.72
ALPS-SUH 16.47 20.37 23.1 23.56
ALPS-CHO 15.61 15.76 18.77 18.77

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Field measurements

Field measurements are complementary measurements. These measurements allow to determine the level of light pollution in important areas that are not possible to cover by ALPS network stations.


About ALPS

ALPS (All-sky Light Pollution Survey) project aims to monitor light pollution by recording images and measuring the brightness of the night sky. These observations are made using automatic stations located in places with extremely different levels of light pollution. Such a choice of location shows how much light pollution affects the appearance of the night sky.

Team

Sylwek

Scientific supervisor of the ALPS project from the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Wrocław. Coordinator of infrastructure and organization of the project.

dr Sylwester Kołomański

Project manager

Piotr

Astronomy student at the University of Wrocław. Interested in cosmology and philosophy of science. In the ALPS project, he is involved in testing and developing software.

Piotr Łojko

Hardware / Software

Adam

Professionally a web and game application programmer. Astronomy popularizer. Co-creator of the website and software for handling cameras in the ALPS project.

mgr inż. Adam Wiernasz

Software

Krzysiek

PhD student at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Wrocław. He is passionate about landscape astrophotography and popularizes astronomy. Co-creator of the ALPS website.

mgr Krzysztof Kotysz

Software

Przemek

PhD student in astrophysics at the University of Wrocław. Professionally interested in stellar pulsations, while playing the guitar and popularizing astronomy. An avid observer, and in the ALPS project he is involved in developing measurement results.

mgr Przemysław Mikołajczyk

Hardware / Software

Monika

Director of the University of Warsaw Observatory Station in Ostrowik. Professionally, she deals with the study of star clusters and gravitational microlensing phenomena. An avid observer of the night sky. In her spare time, she deals with the popularization of astronomy.

mgr Monika Sitek

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