I fully back the South Downs Joint Committee in suggesting that the light levels in East Sussex should be reduced (The Argus, February 1).

West Sussex did it. Why not East Sussex?

As an amateur astronomer I, like others in Brighton, suffer badly with light pollution. From my home in Withdean I look over Brighton and describe it as a big bonfire of light.

I take digital images with a camera of space objects and the pictures turn out with an orange glow to them despite using expensive pollution filters.

I recently had a letter published in The Argus with a photo of offices in the city that leave all their lights on overnight. I expected many replies in support. I got none.

Does anyone even care? There is much talk about reducing lighting energy output but the main culprits ignore the pleas.

There is a national campaign by the astronomical world to reduce lighting. Let's do it in East Sussex, look up and wonder at the beauty of the heavens.

  • Robin Durant, Copse Hill, Brighton