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Principals Donald R.
Davis, Ph.D. is a
planetary astronomer, working primarily in the field of small body evolution
and dynamics. He has been actively involved in light pollution educational
and control efforts since 1986, serving as president of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
Board of Directors (1997-2005), and sitting on the Pima County Outdoor
Lighting Committee (1986-2005; chair 1994-1998). He has been involved with the quantitative
measurement of skyglow since the pioneering study done at Christian
B. Luginbuhl is an
astronomer specializing in the quantification and modeling of the effects of
outdoor artificial lighting on the night sky, lighting codes and their effect
on controlling sky glow, as well as more traditional astronomical photometric
and astrometric studies of low-mass stars.
He has been involved in light pollution control efforts since 1986,
and was a principal author of the innovative 1989 Paul A.
Boley is a graduate
student in astrophysics, currently studying abroad in
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