My Neighbours 1) Really 2) really 3) really like security lights.

[Chris]

They have just upgraded from their two security lights to 3 security lights. I thought it was the Full Moon glaring through the curtains!

[LondonNeil]

Oh, and they look like the super bright ones too.

  Feel for you, I've two houses behind me each with floodlight bright lights like that.

[teoria_del_big_bang]

My word, how awful, that streetlight is basically redundant.

I really think there should be a limit to the total brightness of lights and also height you can place them on private houses, that's just ridiculous.

Steve

[HiveIndustries]

They have to be messing with you.

Even my neighbors saw me outside with the telescope and started to turn their motion sensitive one off, no conversation needed.

[vlaiv]

No wonder they feel the need for security lights - someone is constantly taking pictures of their house

 

[Chris]

7 minutes ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

My word, how awful, that streetlight is basically redundant.

I really think there should be a limit to the total brightness of lights and also height you can place them on private houses, that's just ridiculous.

Steve

Seems a bit superfluous doesn't it. 

It's going to be like living opposite a sports stadium from now on. I can just imaging their power metre evoking special relatively as it whizzes round! 

[Chris]

11 minutes ago, HiveIndustries said:

They have to be messing with you.

Even my neighbors saw me outside with the telescope and started to turn their motion sensitive one off, no conversation needed.

Now that's a neighbourly thing to do

[Astro Noodles]

That's really outrageous. 

You could complain to your local authority, there are laws about lighting causing a nuisance.

Artificial light nuisances: how councils deal with complaints - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

[Chris]

10 minutes ago, vlaiv said:

No wonder they feel the need for security lights - someone is constantly taking pictures of their house

 

hmmm? now you mention it, it could be because I sometimes press my face up against their patio window whilst they're having dinner? 🤔😄 

[dmki]

living London and being able to stalk my local park without a head touch at night  any time of the year, all i can say is

what are you complaining about, you can still see black behind the house 😀

[IB20]

My neighbours have installed two incredibly bright motion sensor lights in their passageway (not that one). It isn’t too much of a problem it’s just they constantly flicker on and off when it’s windy and reminds me of when I used to go raving back in the day.

[HiveIndustries]

I dunno why you're all so outraged, they've gone through such great lengths to color match with the other lights and make it soothing to the eye. Anyone who says the Brits don't understand class needs to visit this person's backyard.

Enchanting evening under the basking glow, a bella sera as we'd say in Italian.

[Astro Noodles]

It's mindless. Why are they lighting up the sky? We are all supposed to be thinking about reducing our energy consumption, not wasting it with pointless floodlights which annoy everyone and don't deter burglars anyway.

[Chris]

5 minutes ago, HiveIndustries said:

I dunno why you're all so outraged, they've gone through such great lengths to color match with the other lights and make it soothing to the eye. Anyone who says the Brits don't understand class needs to visit this person's backyard.

Enchanting evening under the basking glow, a bella sera as we'd say in Italian.

Well looking on the 'bright side' I never thought I'd be able to get a tan at night!  

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Well Chris at least burglars will ignore your house and head straight to theirs! 🙄

Get straight to the council. Seems like a light nuisance case. They could at least angle them down. 

[Franklin]

Set up out the front and do another one of your excellent Astro La Vista YouTube videos. Make the subject "light pollution and how it affects peoples view of the universe". You never know, if they see it, they may be shamed into pulling the switch!

[Chris]

13 minutes ago, Astro Noodles said:

That's really outrageous. 

You could complain to your local authority, there are laws about lighting causing a nuisance.

Artificial light nuisances: how councils deal with complaints - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

1 minute ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

Well Chris at least burglars will ignore your house and head straight to theirs! 🙄

Get straight to the council. Seems like a light nuisance case. They could at least angle them down. 

I appreciate the support, I guess I'm more baffled/amused than angry. I mainly wanted to share this because it's such a curiosity to see someone light up their house to such an extent. Especially in this day and age of increasing pollution of every kind and massively increasing energy bills. 

I'm not sure what type of lights their running but I'll test out my light pollution filter and see if that helps before pondering further action.   

  

[Chris]

10 minutes ago, Franklin said:

Set up out the front and do another one of your excellent Astro La Vista YouTube videos. Make the subject "light pollution and how it affects peoples view of the universe". You never know, if they see it, they may be shamed into pulling the switch!

 hehe I like the idea of a passive aggressive light pollution video! 💡  💡💡🔭🙈

[Chris]

26 minutes ago, dmki said:

stalk my local park

Why does predictive text always have to make us look bad? 😃

[Chris]

29 minutes ago, dmki said:

living London and being able to stalk my local park without a head touch at night  any time of the year, all i can say is

what are you complaining about, you can still see black behind the house 😀

It's a fair point, everything is relative. Although it's more of a dark grey than black

[tooth_dr]

37 minutes ago, Chris said:

I can just imaging their power metre evoking special relatively as it whizzes round!

Unfortunately it's the opposite, these new LED lights cost peanuts to run.  I'm genuinely annoyed for you, he/she is just a pillock

[Astro Noodles]

7 minutes ago, Chris said:

 

I appreciate the support, I guess I'm more baffled/amused than angry. I mainly wanted to share this because it's such a curiosity to see someone light up their house to such an extent. Especially in this day and age of increasing pollution of every kind and massively increasing energy bills. 

I'm not sure what type of lights their running but I'll test out my light pollution filter and see if that helps before pondering further action.   

  

I think you will be surprised how little difference it makes apart from obviously ruining your dark adaption.

One of my neighbours has a really bright floodlight like those. I have found that when I'm observing, using a hood to cut out the other light from various windows etc, I can't tell whether the light is on or off. I also find that it makes no discernable difference for AP in my bortle 5/6 skies. I can't tell the difference anyway from one frame to another.

[johninderby]

Fortunately my neighbours don’t like security lights. 🥳🥳🥳  

Only one in the area is on a garage and too low down to be seen over my fence. 

[Chris]

1 minute ago, Astro Noodles said:

I think you will be surprised how little difference it makes apart from obviously ruining your dark adaption.

One of my neighbours has a really bright floodlight like those. I have found that when I'm observing, using a hood to cut out the other light from various windows etc, I can't tell whether the light is on or off. I also find that it makes no discernable difference for AP in my bortle 5/6 skies. I can't tell the difference anyway from one frame to another.

That is re assuring

[Chris]

1 minute ago, johninderby said:

Fortunately my neighbours don’t like security lights. 🥳🥳🥳  

Only one in the area is on a garage and too low down to be seen over my fence. 

I'm very pleased for your John, and I'm definitely not jealous at all 😬😄