From Colin Shelbourn
Windermere, Cumbria
Your article on the new problems of radio astronomy (“Are we killing
astronomy?”, 24 August, p 28) struck a chord with this amateur astronomer.
Since April, sky watchers in southern Lakeland have suffered interference on
four nights of each week from a local disco which projects a set of laser-like
lights across the night sky as an advertisement. The beams are visible within a
radius of six or seven miles. Despite being in a national park, local
authorities have no legislation available to control this fine example of
deliberate light pollution.
