I have have (had) a bright sodium vapor streetlight in my front yard for many years. It has caused me lots of issues imaging and visual astronomy for obvious reasons. Also, it is east of my backyard scope setup to greet newly rising
Last week I imaged the Leo Triplet and starting at 46 degrees in altitude, my camera ADU (basically overall light intensity) dropped by 50% when the Triplet reached the
Such is life, and I have somewhat got accustomed to it.
Yesterday, the local utility replaced all of the lighting in my neighborhood (including my front yard streetlight) with LED lighting.
My apologies for whining and ranting. I am looking for anyone who might have a similar situation and if they were able to alleviate it somewhat.
I had used black paint to cover three sides of the sodium vapor light and it still blasted through only slightly dimmed. I still have the black paint and considering repainting.
I have seen YouTube videos about using a laser shined on the streetlight photocell to fool it into shutting off while the laser is on. I ordering one on Amazon to give it a try. If it works, I will try to figure a way to set it up on a tripod or something to hold it steady. Then I will have to come up with a way to power it all night.
If anyone has had success with the laser or any other methods, please share your techniques and than you for listening to my ranting. Thanks!