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September 22, 2020 41 mins
My guest today, Anthony Teckatch - developer and co-owner of the Unihedron Sky Quality Meter system.
The "Sky Quality Meter" measures the brightness of the night sky in magnitudes per square arcsecond. Designed by two friends, Dr Doug Welch and Anthony Tekatch, the Unihedron Sky Quality Meter handheld meter. enables scientists, researchers and night sky lovers to monitor sky brightness through the night, night-to-night, and year-to-year. Join Anthony as he shares the journey of the device, and some of the unanticipated ways it's been used.


Marnie Ogg is talking to some of the brightest minds in their field, about the topic of light pollution and ways to protect our night skies.


For more information about the Unihedron range, visit their website at http://unihedron.com


Dark Sky Conversations Website: https://www.darkskytraveller.com.au/podcast and www.bitesz.com/darkskyconversations 


Email Marnie at podcast@darkskytraveller.com.au 


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