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Old 15-05-2015, 07:22 AM
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I'm not sure if that method would work on Electric lights. On those gas ones you probably shattered the Mantle.

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Oh, it was just your everyday street light. The always came back on after a while
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Old 15-05-2015, 10:01 AM
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Good to see you've had a win Renato.

I've had moments like that as well.

Where about in Italy are you heading to? We used to live up north in Cremona.

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Old 15-05-2015, 12:45 PM
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I am denied access to the first picture - I wonder what it is?

The second is cute.
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Good to see you've had a win Renato.

I've had moments like that as well.

Where about in Italy are you heading to? We used to live up north in Cremona.

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Thanks Ric. We go to Bassano Del Grappa.

I've never been to Cremona, though it could be within day trip distance being about 2.5 hours away.

Do they have the crazy laws there that force the shops to close between 12.30 and 3.30 to 4pm? I hate driving to places only to get there just before everything shuts down.
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Not sure about the shops but I remember you had to get an appointment to visit the bank. No ATM's when I was there.
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TWe go to Bassano Del Grappa.
Is it the same place as in the song "Sul Ponte di Bassano"? I knew somebody (an elderly person) who sang that song all the time.
Is this the bridge?
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Old 16-05-2015, 01:55 AM
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Is it the same place as in the song "Sul Ponte di Bassano"? I knew somebody (an elderly person) who sang that song all the time.
Is this the bridge?
http://www.zainoo.com/media/headimg/1674.JPEG
Hi Ric,
That is indeed the place. The song is known all over Italy.

There is a sizeable astronomy club about 10km away in Nove, and I am now good friends with the chap who runs it - Leopoldo.

When they want to go to a really dark site they head up Monte Grappa and park themselves on the concrete of a helipad of an old NATO thermonuclear missile base. I haven't been up there as I start going funny and light headed as I get near the top of that mountain. I start singing songs for no reason, and my wife starts panicking - time to turn around and go back.
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street light

I had better luck with a floodlight illuminating my home

The good news.

App. 45 percent of NSW will have the 80 watt street lights replaced with 18 w flat lens LED's. I expect these will have an option of a shield at the back for the purpose of
preventing back light spill for those who wish to have such.
SOLIS has inspected examples of such fixtures in 2 different locations in Baulkham Hills and Blacktown.
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Old 19-05-2015, 01:19 PM
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I had better luck with a floodlight illuminating my home

The good news.

App. 45 percent of NSW will have the 80 watt street lights replaced with 18 w flat lens LED's. I expect these will have an option of a shield at the back for the purpose of
preventing back light spill for those who wish to have such.
SOLIS has inspected examples of such fixtures in 2 different locations in Baulkham Hills and Blacktown.
Great. That's a big sign of hope for the rest of us.
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Old 02-09-2015, 05:51 PM
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Well, we arrived in Italy a few weeks ago. It makes no difference whether I turn off the street light attached to our house or not. Because in our absence, they've added another four street lights around the property.

Talk about being afraid of the dark - it's no longer possible to be in the dark. I'm having a very hard time making out the constellations.
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Old 02-09-2015, 07:57 PM
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I keep hearing that it is supposed to be possible to turn off street lights with a strong enough laser for half an hour so, by aiming at the sensor which turns them on when the sun goes down.

Darned if I know where the sensor is, but I've never been able to turn one off no matter where I aimed.
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You Tube has examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhH76mr-AQs

Good idea but I live in a dark site so not really an issue for me.
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Old 03-09-2015, 06:08 PM
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Just on the topic of replacing the fluorescent street lights with LED's... I've been reading concerns on CN forums that this will mean that eyepiece narrowband filters will be ineffective in light polluted areas as the LEDs emit on the whole spectrum.

Has anyone heard or can validate the same?
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Old 05-09-2015, 04:51 AM
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You Tube has examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhH76mr-AQs

Good idea but I live in a dark site so not really an issue for me.
Thanks - but he used a 120mW laser.

Which was why I found the next clip about how to turn a 5mW laser into a 100mW laser very interesting.(unless it's an April Fools type clip).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw0qvBPDzMM
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