{"id":25644,"date":"2022-03-09T07:24:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T07:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/?p=25644"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:38:09","slug":"open-design-dark-sky-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/open-design-dark-sky-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Design Dark Sky Simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1095011040\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1325448813\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1812298169\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The idea is to design a physical simulator that will demonstrate the effects of light pollution on the sky and the difference that well-designed lighting will make. The simulator will consist of a LED-based board and a number of light fixtures varying from full-cutoff dark-sky friendly lights to completely unshielded lights. The board, which can be flat or curved depending on space requirements, will simulate the night sky using LED&#8217;s of variable brightness, simulating stars of various magnitudes and constellation patterns. The board will be illuminated by the light fixtures and users can use buttons to switch between light fixtures as well as increase or decrease light intensity. This will create a first-hand experience for demonstrating the effect of light pollution as different light fixtures will have different effect on the number of stars visible. The simulator can be used in exhibition halls, conferences, science museums or any other place where light pollution effects can be demonstrated. This physical simulator can provide superior experience for visitors in relation to videos\/posters or other usual methods of exhibiting light pollution effects. The purpose is not to create a single simulator but to provide to the public the full instructions including materials needed, dimensions, programming code, electrical wiring etc. so anyone interested can build such a simulator in their local community. Emphasis will be given on using readily available materials that exist in households or that can be purchased at minimal price so everyone can construct at minimal cost. <\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1509232311\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1509232311 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1884601307\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-707671201\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jZ8cNv-c_L5I8PblD91sP3WqLt0k430B\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary\"  >\n    <span>Project Report<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-615566416\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/18IDp6DzkCxnpbp9BnF5rUruRKqbXTtw7?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary\"  >\n    <span>Project Resources<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-960597609\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1089280134\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/category\/tf3\/open-design-dark-sky-simulator\/\n\">URL<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1196690198\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"email:coordinator@darksky.gr\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Contact Andreas Papalambrou <\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1583868055\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  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href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/tag\/education\/\">Education<\/a><\/h3>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1473131982\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1473131982 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-1 medium-columns-1 small-columns-1 slider row-slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-outside slider-nav-push\"  data-flickity-options='{\"imagesLoaded\": true, \"groupCells\": \"100%\", \"dragThreshold\" : 5, \"cellAlign\": \"left\",\"wrapAround\": true,\"prevNextButtons\": true,\"percentPosition\": true,\"pageDots\": false, \"rightToLeft\": false, \"autoPlay\" : false}'>\n\n  \t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/oad-girls-education-project-in-kenya-gets-a-boost-from-skao\/\" class=\"plain\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  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blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">OAD Girls Education Project in Kenya Gets A Boost From SKAO<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA), an IAU OAD funded project in Kenya and [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">30<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/a-night-under-the-stars-in-karpenissi-greece\/\" class=\"plain\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-300x226.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-768x578.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-1536x1157.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">&#8220;A Night Under the Stars&#8221; in Karpenissi, Greece<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">The OAD-supported &#8220;Starlight Bridges&#8221; project will organise A Night Under the Stars on August 17 [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">22<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/iau-oad-newsletter-43-april-june-2026\/\" class=\"plain\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook-300x251.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">IAU OAD Newsletter #43 April &#8211; June 2026<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">The IAU OAD has published its latest newsletter for the April to June 2026 period. [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">20<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/transforming-stem-learning-through-astronomy-in-kenya\/\" class=\"plain\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inspiring-STEM-engagement-astronomy-in-Kenya-7-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inspiring-STEM-engagement-astronomy-in-Kenya-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inspiring-STEM-engagement-astronomy-in-Kenya-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inspiring-STEM-engagement-astronomy-in-Kenya-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inspiring-STEM-engagement-astronomy-in-Kenya-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inspiring-STEM-engagement-astronomy-in-Kenya-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">Transforming STEM Learning Through Astronomy in Kenya<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">source: MMUST The OAD funded project \u2018Inspiring STEM Engagement through the Support of Astronomy Programs [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">20<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SAIP-Plenary-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">Plenary Talk at the South African Institute of Physics Annual Conference<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">The OAD (Office of Astronomy for Development) will participate in the South African Institute of [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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