What if you want to experience how much night sky we have lost to light pollution?
Globe at Night 11 - 20 April
The GLOBE at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations to a website from a computer or smart phone. Light pollution threatens not only our “right to starlight”, but can affect energy consumption, wildlife and health. The GLOBE at Night campaign has run for two weeks each winter/spring for the last six years. People in 115 countries have contributed 66,000 measurements, making GLOBE at Night one of the most successful light pollution awareness campaigns.
In 2012 there will be four opportunities to participate in GLOBE at Night. During Global Astronomy Month 2012 the dates are April 11 to 20.
For more information, visit Globe at Night.
