
Light Pollution Lab (LPL-USC)
The LPL-USC is a research lab located at the Faculty of Optics and Optometry of the USC South Campus in Santiago de Compostela. Its mission is to provide instrumental support to the researchers of the USC Optics Area, and to our partners from other centers, for carrying out basic research and developing applications to advance our knowledge of Light Pollution.
LIGHT POLLUTION SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS BY LPL-USC AND COLLABORATORS:
REPORTS:
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- Salvador Bará, Fotofilia compulsiva, Revista TEMPOS NOVOS, núm 271 (Decembro 2019) (In Galician)
- Martin Pawley, Salvador Bará, Ana Ulla. Contaminación luminosa, Revista LUZES, núm 60 (2018), 34-35 (In Galician)
- NA PROCURA DA NOITE: fotografando o ceo nocturno. Gorgeous images of the nightscape, by a selection of the best Galician astrophotographers. Award to the "Best digital and multimedia edition" in the XXII Premios Nacionais de Edición Universitaria contest, 2019. More...
- A PERDA DA ESCURIDADE. Galician version of the International DarkSky Association video LOSING THE DARK.
- O MUNDO Á NOITE. Galician webapp for the international action GLOBE AT NIGHT.
- Salvador Bará, Contaminación luminosa: outra forma de agresión medioambiental, Cerna 76, 34-37 (2016) (In Galician)
SHORT REPORT SERIES
- Salvador Bará, and Raul Lima, Are SQM-L measurements polarization dependent?, Short Report Series, LPL-USC-SRS/02, May 22, 2015.
- Salvador Bará, Raul Lima, Ángel R. Arós and Lucía Giráldez, Interobserver variability of hand-held SQM-L measurements, Short Report Series, LPL-USC-SRS/01, May 5, 2015.
GOOD PRACTICES SERIES
USC IN THE NEWS
VIIRS-DNB 2015 Annual composite emissions map (Galician municipalities) Click to enlarge and display in a new window


- Xornadas da Universidade de Verán: "Contaminación Lumínica: Unha Nova Fronteira". Do 2 ao 4 de setembro de 2015. Máis información...
- USC Summer University Conference: "Light Pollution: A New Frontier", September 2-4, 2015. More info...
- Jornadas de la Universidade de Verán: "Contaminación Lumínica: Una Nueva Frontera". Del 2 al 4 de septiembre de 2015. Más información...