Citizen-Scientists Monitor Light Pollution Worldwide via "GLOBE at Night"

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #71.09; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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More than 18,000 citizen-scientists in 96 countries submitted almost 4,600 observations of the darkness of their local night skies during the 10-day “GLOBE at Night” event at the end of March 2006. The GLOBE at Night program was designed to help students, families, and the general public observe and record how the constellation Orion looked from different locations, as a means of measuring the brightness of the sky at a variety of urban and rural sites. The program was conducted to aid teaching about the impact of artificial lighting on local environments, and the ongoing loss of a dark night sky as a natural resource for the world’s population. Observers reported their results online by comparing the number of stars seen toward Orion with a set of template images on the program’s Web site. These images showed the number of stars in the constellation for a range of visibilities from bright skies to very dark.
This session will describe the analysis from last year and our plans for this year to incorporate more technology into the GLOBE at Night program. Citizen-scientists will use sky quality meters (visible light photometers), calibrated digital photography, and GPS as a means to measure and map more accurately the brightness of the sky at selected urban and rural sites.
Given the widespread interest in the inaugural GLOBE at Night event, the GLOBE at Night team is eager to offer it again from March 8-21, 2007. For more information, see www.globe.gov/GaN or contact globeatnight@globe.gov.

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