GROUND BASED NETWORK
ARPA VENETO
Since 2011, the Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA) of the Veneto region, in North Eastern Italy, monitors the night sky brigthness with a network of SQMs. The network is managed by ARPA and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padova, in collaboration with a local dark-sky association, Venetostellato.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Sky-Quality Meter
N° OF STATIONS
21
LOCATION
Veneto, Italy
COORDINATES
See the map
MEASUREMENT POINT
Diverse
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Last 3 days
TIME RANGE
Since 2011
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Each 5 minuts
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
Daily
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
None
OWNER
ARPA Veneto
MORE INFORMATION
CALIBRATED DATA
Yes
MEASUREMENT UNIT
mag/arcsec²
WAVELENGTH RANGE
350 – 700 nm
FIELD-OF-VIEW
± 20 deg
POINTING DIRECTION
Zenith
DATA VISUALISATION
Yes
DATA DOWNLOAD
Yes
(click the pin on the Map)
DATA FORMAT
JSON
DATA POLICY
Not specified
CONTACTS
ARPA VENETO
FURTHER REFERENCES
– Nighttime sky brightness map measured in the Veneto region
– SQM measurements of the night sky brightness in the Veneto region
– Long-time trend of the night sky brightness and Aging of SQM
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