[Offtopic] GLOBE at night

[Cameron Bell]

Very cool Roland - ta for the link.
My Yr 11 Physics class are currently trying star trail photos. We will 
use Gimp as best we can to enhance anything we can get.
I'll get them to do this activity as an adjunct.
(Reminds me to go outside and give it a go tonight myself. Looks clear.)
Cheers
Cameron


Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> How many stars can you see? It depends on whether you are living in 
> the bush, the suburbs of the heart of town. Light pollution is so bad 
> in some places, you can only see the brightest stars. Want to be 
> involved in some participatory amateur science? Then get involved in 
> this sky survey that my year 9 Research Science and Technology 
> students are running as part of the GLOBE project this month.
>
> Learn, Observe, Report and Map! Globe at Night 
> <http://www.globe.gov/GaN/> has more details including a cool activity 
> pack that can be downloaded.
>
> There is a world wide survey of star visibility going at the moment. 
> Between now and March 21, go outside at around an hour and a half 
> after sunset, possibly a bit later. Stand in a spot where street 
> lights or neighbours outdoor lights won't get in your eyes and let 
> your eyes adjust for a few minutes (or more, after looking at the 
> computer screen it can take up to 5 minutes for my eyes to adjust).
>
> Compare what you see of the constellation Orion to their starcharts 
> <http://www.globe.gov/GaN/observe_magnitude.html>, (see map at 
> Southern Sky watch 
> <http://home.mira.net/%7Ereynella/skywatch/ssky.htm#Stars>) or print 
> out the maps in the attached Family Activity pack) and submit your 
> observations to this link:
>      http://www.globe.gov/GaN/report.html
>
> If you are using a torch to read the Family Activity Pack maps, 
> remember to put some red cellophane over the end so as to not destroy 
> your night vision. Simple as that, and you are contributing to our 
> understanding of light pollution as well a doing a bit of amateur science.
>
> (share me your location and finding, I hope to use it with my year 9 
> Research Science class to compare results, data quality and validation 
> etc..)
>
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can 
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." 
> --Margaret Mead