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GLOBE at Night 2012

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.

Check out the new web application data submission process. The GLOBE at Night website is easy to use, comprehensive and holds an abundance of background information. The database is usable for comparisons with a variety of other databases, like how light pollution affects the foraging habits of bats.

Learn more about GLOBE at Night from the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcasts on January 1, February 1 and March 1.

Observation Periods in 2012 are:

14 - 23 January

12 - 21 February

13 - 22 March

11 - 20 April

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type: globe-events

Events origin: GLOBE Implementation Office

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