MONTSEC

IV International Symposium June 27th - July 1st

for Dark Sky Parks 2011

The Road Runner System

Daniel Rosa Infantes

Sociedad Malagueña de Astronomía
 Previous work

IACO 2008
IACO 2009
IACO 2010

First LP map from Málaga province got on 2006

 IACO 2009-10

National Project

During 2009, 622 Light Pollution

measures were performed on 45
provinces.

During 2010, 91 new measures

where performed.
 “The Road Runner System”
What is and which is the purpose?

It is a portable, lightweight, inexpensive

and quick system, which allows
measurement of light pollution from any
location and immediate viewing of the
data captured by the system.
 How it works?
Magnitudes Per
SQM Square ArcSecond
(MPSAS)
GPS

USB
Bluetooth, USB, etc

Laptop
 Magnitudes Per
Square ArcSecond
Zenith (MPSAS)

20°
Software
 File Generation

Finished the measurement, the software

generates two types of files:

 CSV File

 KML File for Google Earth

File Name Format: “DDMMYYYY_index”

 CSV File
#<Serial_SQM><Registrator>
#<year>, <month>, <day>, <UTC_hour>, <Lat>, <Long>, <Speed>,
<Satellites>, <Height>, <Magnitude>, <MALE_Magnitude>,
<Temperature>, <Period>, <PrevPoint_Distance>, <Total_Distance>

#2011,09,28,135929.000,3641.8398,00442.9640,20.520161,9,156.800003, 08.23m,
-5.424638, 031.2C,0000000.000s,0.019196,0.019196
#2011,09,28,135934.000,3641.8262,00442.9744,19.242281,10,157.500000, 08.23m,
-5.424638,031.2C,0000000.000s,0.019196,0.038392
#2011,09,28,135939.000,3641.8127,00442.9857,20.038639,10,157.699997, 08.15m,
-5.504470, 031.2C,0000000.000s,0.019196,0.057588
SpreadSheet
#2011,09,28,135954.000,3641.7732,00443.0226,23.520399,10,158.000000, 08.18m,
-5.474532, 031.5C,0000000.000s,0.019196,0.076784
#2011,09,28,135959.000,3641.7595,00443.0359,22.853680,10,158.399994, 08.21m,
-5.444595, 031.5C,0000000.000s,0.019196,0.095980
#2011,09,28,140004.000,3641.7451,00443.0494,25.409441,10,159.199997, 08.21m,
-5.444595, 031.5C,0000000.000s,0.019196,0.115176
#2011,09,28,140009.000,3641.7286,00443.0633,29.206041,10,160.600006, 08.24m,
-5.414659, 031.5C,0000000.000s,0.019196,0.134372
 KML File
Visualization using Google Earth

The KML File is on KML format, used on

Google Earth, with information over differents
geographical points, known as Placemarks.
 KML File
Visualization using Google Earth
 First prototype pictures
First prototype

SQM

Magnetic base
Ultimate prototype pictures

Prototype

SQM

Magnetic base
New website
 Light Pollution Maps
Auto-Generation

When enough data from a specific zone will be available, the Light
Pollution Map could be gerenated automatically.
Thanks to:

¡Thanks for your attention!