Measuring Light Pollution with Fisheye Lens Imagery from A Moving Boat, A Proof of Concept

@article{Jechow2017MeasuringLP,
  title={Measuring Light Pollution with Fisheye Lens Imagery from A Moving Boat, A Proof of Concept},
  author={Andreas Jechow and Zolt'an Koll'ath and Amit Lerner and Andreas Hanel and Nadav Shashar and Franz Holker and Christopher Conrad Maximillian Kyba},
  journal={arXiv: Other Quantitative Biology},
  year={2017}
}
Near all-sky imaging photometry was performed from a boat on the Gulf of Aqaba to measure the night sky brightness in a coastal environment. The boat was not anchored, and therefore drifted and rocked. The camera was mounted on a tripod without any inertia/motion stabilization. A commercial digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera and fisheye lens were used with ISO setting of 6400, with the exposure time varied between 0.5 s and 5 s. We find that despite movement of the vessel the measurements… 
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