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skyglow

illumination of the night sky caused by artificial light sources
Class type of: light pollution, night sky Q3126193

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
light source, luminance[4]
Subclass of
light pollution, night sky
Facet of
developed country[9]
Does not have part
starlight, zodiacal light, airglow[10][11][12]
Has cause
lighting, light scattering by particles, gas flare, backscatter[5][6][7][8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en sky glow en skyglow en upward lighting ar وهج سماوي de Lichtdom de Lichtschleier es resplandor del cielo fa آسمان تاب fr halo lumineux fr halos lumineux id Pijaran langit ja スカイグロー ms teja langit pt skyglow zh 天空輝光
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
(PANORAMA) NYC from The Reservoir (5774287507).jpg ↗
Described at URL
skyglowproject.com
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/skyglow
Freebase ID
/m/02s29f
IATE entry ID
2231596
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
99047232
Quora topic ID
Skyglow
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Concept", "SkyGlow::7485z"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11484046-n

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🔗 Connections
Has cause 2
lighting, light scattering by particles
Subclass of 2
light pollution, night sky
Instance of 1
light source
← Has effect 1
light pollution
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Summary

skyglow is a light source[1]. skyglow is a type of light pollution[2] and night sky[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_skyglow_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{skyglow}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/skyglow}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-11}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → https://skyglowproject.com
    "Created claim: Described at URL: https://skyglowproject.com"
  2. 12d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IATE entry ID → 2231596
    "Created claim: IATE entry ID: 2231596, Matched to sky glow (#178730785) in IATE entry #mix'n'ma"
  3. 12d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Concept", "SkyGlow::7485z"]
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Concept", "SkyGlow::7485z"], Matched to sky glow (#55147102) in…"
  4. 13w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → light source, luminance
    "Created claim: Instance of: luminance, import w/ 🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata"
  5. 21w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → light source, luminance
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    Has cause → lighting, light scattering by particles, gas flare +1
    Subclass of → light pollution, night sky
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36807: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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