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## Light Pollution and Contrast

Light pollution raises the sky background, drowning out faint objects.

### Key Relation

The flux ratio of sky to object is:

**ratio = 10^((mag_obj - mag_sky) / 2.5)**

A higher ratio means the sky overwhelms the target. Object contrast is approximately 1 / (1 + ratio).

Darker skies (higher mag/arcsec2) dramatically improve contrast for faint targets.

हल किया गया उदाहरण

Sky = 19 mag/arcsec2 (suburban), object = 22 mag/arcsec2.

  1. ratio = 10^((22 - 19) / 2.5)
  2. ratio = 10^1.2 = 15.85
  3. contrast = 100 / (1 + 15.85) = 5.94%
  4. The object has only 5.9% contrast against the bright sky.