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Help To Map Light Pollution

Posted by kdawson on from the thousand-stars-in-the-sky dept.

jcgam69 writes "October 1 marked the first day of the Great Worldwide Star Count, a half-month citizen science project that will harness thousands of observers across the globe to help map light pollution."

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  1. Re:Here ya go: by rucs_hack · · Score: 3, Interesting

    when I was a kid I lived in south Australia. where we were there was no significant light pollution (probably some, there was a city 50 miles away, but you couldn't tell).

    As a kid I could watch the stars just by laying on the beach by our house. I remember when we moved to england I wondered why the sky didn't have as many stars, and that was in the seventies. I just wasn't fun to look at. Now I know of only one spot near where I live that I can get even a slightly better view, and to get there is a two hour walk across the countryside, then the view is, well, not great.

    I don't even live in a city.