Thanks to Luciano Massetti of the Italian Research Council Bioeconomy Institute, who is a historical collaborator of the BMP project, we are glad to add to our “classical” measures (i.e. those made with manual measurements by citizens), a new information layer.

This is represented by the location of fixed stations that CNR IBE has been deploying since 2015 to monitor artificial night sky brightness in various parts of Tuscany. The Tuscan network had a recent “spin-off” in the Svalbard Islands, since Luciano was on a mission in February 2024 to install a sensor in that remote location. By clicking on a given station, you may either review publications where the data have been presented, or contact Luciano for more information.

• The map is available at: https://www.pibinko.org/buiometriapartecipativa-map/
• For more information: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228
• If you have date related to night sky quality or light pollution that you would like to share with the BuioMetria Partecipativa project, please contact us.
• To supoort data integration activities in the pibinko.org network: https://www.pibinko.org/support

Between 2008 and 2020, in collaboration with Luca Delucchi, a geographer and a big supporter of the Sampdoria footbal club, the data collected by citizens with the Buiometria Partecipativa project were collected on a web site which allowed to display maps, reports, and more. For a few years we had to put the service on hold, but -taking the opportunity of the 2024 M’illumino di Meno 2024, we decided to re-propose the service in a lighter form.

The map is available from this link: https://www.pibinko.org/buiometriapartecipativa-map/

• To see what we have proposed for M’illumino di Meno 2024 (and previous editions): https://www.pibinko.org/en/?s=m%27illumino+di+meno (please note that the Italian version of the site has a lot more information)
• For more information: bmp@pibinko.org or +393317539228