The amount of artificial light affects how well we see things in the sky
According to the research, Leeds has an artificial brightness level of 7,330 μcd/m2 , compared to the list’s top location, St Davids in Wales, with 42 μcd/m2. The study gives Leeds a score of 29.53 out of 100, landing it in 80th place out of 82.
Artificial brightness measures sky brightness compared to natural brightness, which measures at 174 μcd/m2. Artificial brightness higher than 3,000 μcd/m2 is considered ‘very high light intensity’ and does not require the human eye to adapt to the dark in order to see properly. , which is why cities like Leeds,
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