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1 Tourism and Dark-Sky Places in Europe Dark-Sky Parks Symposium Lastovo September 2010 Working Group DARK SKY der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde Andreas Hänel Planetarium, Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück

2 Where in Europe can we observe a dark sky? DMSP map 2008

3 We have to travel -> Astro tourism local (avoid bright city lights) nature interested people occasional observers, general astronomy interest solar eclipse travel amateurs ("hard core") good weather! Mean annual cloud cover Anderson/Jubier

4 Astro tourism local (private or public observatory) bad weather light pollution flexible on weather short travels, comfort instruments: security, changes

5 Astro tourism solar eclipse travel (Kenya 1980, Turkey several 1000s) travel agencies (Eclipse Reisen, SAF, AFA,...) solar eclipse Turkey 2006 solar eclipse Kenya 1980

6 Astro tourism nature interested people (hiking, bird observations, geology...) city tourism (observatories) nature reserves (bird watching) La Palma/Tenerife Hawaii Chile SW-USA

7 Astro tourism occasional observers, general astronomy interest Alps (<2000 m): Enzensberger Alm, Calina... Aniane, Portugal (COAA), COU, Tenerife, Marocco travel agencies (Wittmann Reisen, Eclipse Reisen) telescope meetings (ITV, AstroCiel,...) astronomical youth camps (IAYC, ASL) Sternwarte Königsleiten IAYC Giessen 1976 IAYC Tunisia 1976

8 Astro tourism amateurs ("hard core") Alps (>2000m): Gornergrat, Großglockner, Queyras Pyrenees, Sierra Nevada Kreta La Palma Namibia (IAC) Chile (Atacama) AstroQueyras (Lecocq) La Silla (Chile) Gornergrat (Celnik)

9 How can we find a dark observing place? DMSP map 2009

10 DMSP map upward light available (since some weeks) uncalibrated resolution 2.7 km Cinzano et al. world atlas sky background brightness [* nat. bright.] calibrated 1997 or derivates: number visible stars sky background brightness [mag/arcsec²]

11 Measuring sky brightness with the SQM/SQM-L handy tool simple measurements but know and respect the limits! tests by Pierantonio Cinzano geopositions with GPS exact positions waypoints with SQM measurement navigation tool to search dark places

12 Measuring sky brightness with the DSLR calibration with SQM easy and time saving fixed values: 1:1.8/28mm 1:1.4/30mm 1:2.8/4.5mm (fisheye) 1/20 or 10/20/30 sec exp.time >4 1 mcd/m² cd/m² >4

13 TERRA.vita, Osnabrück UNESCO GeoPark, densely populated

14 TERRA.vita, Osnabrück

15 Nationalpark Eifel border to Belgium near Bonn/Köln/Aachen Dernau valley river Ahr

16 Naturpark/Nationalpark Eifel

17 Star Parties in Germany ITV HATT STATT Reinsehlen Hunsrück Almberg... Number of participants often depending on weather!

18 Parc naturel régional Camargue

19 Provence: Mont Ventoux

20 Provence: Mont Ventoux

21 Provence: Mont Ventoux: 2000 m, 21.5 mag/arcsec² N S Avignon Carpentras W

22 Hautes Alpes: touristic use Marseille Aix-en-Provence Avignon Carpentras Haute-Provence touristic use: night of stars with switch-off

23 darkest region Austrian Alps Millstätter See, Spittal, Lammersdorfer Alm, 1600m, m = 21.2 Nature park Nockberge, 2000m, m = 21.65

24 Austrian Alps Nature park Nockberge

25 Alps: Favorite observing places Gornergrat (CH) Silvretta Sattelberger Alm Großglockner (Wallackhaus) Nature park Nockberge

26 Developped touristic region: Mallorca

27 Mallorca Santuari Sta. Magdalena landscape (CIE) nightscape -> W (Inca) -> E (Alcudia)

28 Mallorca Santuari Sant Salvador -> SE Na Burguesa -> Palma 2s

29 Mallorca

30 Naturpark Westhavelland Touristic undevelopped region, nature reserve: darkest region in Germany discussion about 21.7 mag/arcsec² 70 km west of Berlin

31 Naturpark Westhavelland mag/arcsec²!

32 Naturpark Westhavelland Zodiacal light

33 Harz? Sky Background DMSP

34 Harz? UNESCO World Heritage Sky Background

35 Teneriffa Canadas, 21.3

36 Teneriffa

37 Touristic facilities La Palma Casa Rosabel Astropalma.com Pto. Naos

38 Touristic facilities La Palma Casa Rosabel Gonzalez/Hernandez Pto. Naos

39 natural dark sky La Palma, Roque de Los Muchachos, 21.6

40 Cause: Lights from Los Llanos

41 Conclusions Maps useful to find dark sky places! DMSP have higher resolution (individual places) DMSP more recent (2009 <-> 1997) Cinzano maps coarser spatial resolution too broad levels ( ) 0.5 mag/arcsec² too bright?

42 Conclusions Controversy: mass tourism <-> dark skies! (Mallorca) Controversy: protected areas - dark skies - tourism Good lighting! (La Palma) - but not only locally (lp wide reaching) Initiatives for astronomy and dark skies (Hautes Alpes, Montsec, La Palma) Create good offers (observing places, transport, accomodation...) marketing (astroamateurs must know about the offer) multilingual Montsec

43 natural dark sky Lastovo, 21.6

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