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light pollution

unwanted light in the night sky, as from city lights, that makes it more difficult for astronomers to see and photograph celestial objects

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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