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A new Starlight Reserve for the central South Island of New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

John Hearnshaw
John Hearnshaw*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand email: john.hearnshaw@canterbury.ac.nz
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Abstract

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The Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve is a new reserve created in 2012 by the International Dark-Sky Association in the central South Island of New Zealand, and covers over 4300 square kilometres around Mt John University Observatory. It is the first such reserve to be recognized at gold tier level and is the largest dark sky reserve in the world. Astro-tourism in the new reserve will be a prominent activity in the coming years.

Keywords

Dark sky reservecombatting light pollutionastro-tourism
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 736
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

References

Austin, M. E., Hearnshaw, J. B., Butler, S., & Loveridge, A. 2012, An Application to the International Dark-Sky Association for a Starlight Reserve in the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park and the Mackenzie Basin of the central South Island of New Zealand, pp xii + 167, http://www.saps.canterbury.ac.nz/starlight/Google Scholar