The Recent Globe at Night Initiative Involving Schoolchildren and Families from 96 Countries

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Aug 2006

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Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 2, 17-18 August, 2006 in Prague, Cze

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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 Web site received data from all 50 U.S. states and from every continent except Antarctica (where the constellation used for the project was not visible)! Open to anyone in the world, the international 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 much of the world's population. Analysis of the GLOBE at Night data set found that the brighter skies (i.e., the brighter dots on the map) corresponded to areas with higher population density, and that most observations were taken in a location with some light pollution. The data also tend to confirm that satellite data is reliable in assessing light pollution. Given the widespread interest in the inaugural GLOBE at Night event, the GLOBE at Night team is eager to offer it again in 2007. For more information, see http://www.globe.gov/GaN or contact globeatnight@globe.gov or outreach@noao.edu .

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