From Cliff Meredith
Wendy Wolfson’s article on a new outdoor lighting technology rather got my back up (21/28 December 2002, p 58). A few years back I noticed that fancy Christmas lights were becoming popular on the outside of British houses and in gardens. My own family call me scrooge, but the fact is that light pollution is making serious amateur astronomy more and more difficult. Believe it or not, some people still want to see the real stars.
Prestwich, Manchester, UK
