In her Christmas Day opinion piece “Steps the city can take to remove poverty label”, U of A student Hannah Meltzer calls for adding more streetlights in Tucson.
Ms Meltzer should know that Tucson is a Dark Sky Community, surrounded by world class astronomical observatories that would be blinded by bright streetlights.
These include Kitt Peak to the west, the Mt. Lemmon Sky Center to the north, the Large Binocular Telescope to the east, and Whipple Observatory to the south.
Astronomy, including amateur astronomy, is an important industry in Tucson and is vital to further our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
Roger Voelker
Southeast side
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
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