Open AccessMeasurement of The Night Sky Brightness in e-Maya Observatory
Author(s) -
Laksmiyanti Annake Harijadi Noor,
Dhani Herdiwijaya,
Ari Wibowo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1245/1/012031
Subject(s) - observatory , sky , sky brightness , light pollution , brightness , night sky , remote sensing , geography , environmental science , physics , meteorology , astronomy
One of the ideal criteria for an observatory is the location that is related to its influence on the condition of the night sky. The observatory area is a light pollution-free area, far from the city or urban center. This is intended to get a dark night environment so the observations can be done well. The e-Maya Observatory is one of the observatories in Indonesia that located in Subang, West Java. Established in 2013, the observatory’s work is relatively new in Astronomy field in Indonesia. This observatory was built in the area of Astha Hannas Subang High School which is about 18 km to the north from the center of Subang city. To find out the quality of the night sky and how big the impact of city lighting or the level of light pollution in the e-Maya Observatory area, it is necessary to measure the brightness of the night sky. Measurement of the night sky brightness used a simple sky brightness photometer, Sky Quality Meter (SQM), there are two SQM types used, SQM LU and SQM LU-DL. SQM measures the brightness value of the night sky in magnitude per squared arcseconds (mag/arc sec 2 ) all night on August 11-14, 2018 towards the east and west horizons with the slope angle of 30° (z = 60°) and pointed to zenith (z = 0°).