GLOBE at Night is an international campaign that rates the preservation of our night sky view above excessive earthly light. They track light pollution across the world, with the help of citizen scientists who are willing to download an app, go outside one night, and follow 5 easy steps to report how bright the stars appear from their neck of the woods. Read more
Join the 6th worldwide GLOBE at Night 2011 campaign: Feb. 21 - March 6
With half of the worlds population now living in cities, many urban dwellers have never experienced the wonderment of pristinely dark skies and maybe never will. Light pollution is obscuring peoples long-standing natural heritage to view stars. The GLOBE at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by encouraging everyone everywhere to measure local levels of night sky brightness and contribute observations online to a world map. All it takes is a few minutes to participate between 8-10 pm, February 21 through March 6. Your measurements will make a world of difference. Read more
For the last two weeks, Norman North High School astronomy students have been counting the stars of Orion - adding up to three or four on a clear night - and trekking around Norman, searching for a dark oasis shielded from the lights of University of Oklahomas stadium and downtown. Read more
Globe at Night invites the world to measure light pollution.
On a moonless night this month, you can look up at Orion, count the visible stars in the constellation - if there are any - and make a report online for a worldwide survey of light pollution, hosted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Read more
GLOBE at Night is an annual 2-week campaign in March. People all over the world record the brightness of their night sky by matching its appearance toward the constellation Orion with star maps of progressively fainter stars. They submit their measurements on-line and a few weeks later, organizers release a map of light-pollution levels worldwide. Over the last four GLOBE at Night campaigns, volunteers from over 100 nations have contributed 35,000 measurements.