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That is bad (for me - as I sort od announced some time ago, we will be moving to Ballarat when I retire, which may happen any time, I am still hanging on my current permanent position in company I work for, but "writing is already on the walls".. ).
The problem is also the nature of LP - when we bought the property in Ballarat 2 years ago, it seemed to be yellowish (Sodium lamps were dominant) but last Saturday when I was hunting for Sirius-B with my old 10" Newt (unsuccessfully - diffraction spikes and general visibility conspired against me), the colour of the skies were bluish-whitish.. LED illumination, I presume.
Two years ago I visited Ballarat Municipal Observatory, and Judith told me story about one (mercury) lamp placed at nearby intersection (Cobden and Magpie Street).. all was sort of acceptable until the tree that was making a shade to observation platform was still there, but it was removed by council... All pleads to do something about it were ignored (not sure about the situation at this time, I will check next weekend - unless some more permanent local fills us with this information earlier.
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