Globe at Night is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure & submit their night sky brightness observations. It's easy to get involved - all you need is computer or smart phone & follow these 5 Simple Steps!
So far in 2017 citizen scientists from around the world have contributed12,293 data points, getting us more than half way to our goal of 20,000! Help us make it a record setting year!
Cygnus the Swan is easy to find as it flies south along the path of the Milky Way. It is easiest to spot by looking straight up and looking for the three brightest stars forming what is known as the Summer Triangle. The bright star in the lower left of this triangle is Deneb, the tail of the swan. By using this star and looking in toward the center of the triangle, you can now spot Cygnus.
Have you participated in Globe at Night?
We’d like to invite you to take a short survey to help understand if participating in a citizen science project will impact participant’s feelings towards science. The survey is the work of Ollie Shearman, a Masters of Science Communication student at Australian National University.
How you can make a difference by participating in Globe at Night and why...
Globe at Night webapp
Whether you use a smartphone, tablet or computer, you can submit your data in real time with our webapp - now available in 28 languages! Help us make 2017 a record year!
Calling all Girl Scouts!
SciStarter and Girl Scouts of the USA are teaming up with Globe at Night and six other citizen science projects to encourage girls to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) by adding 23 new badges through the new “Think Like a Citizen Scientist” program.
Globe at Night is pleased that two native smartphone apps have become available that integrate well with our campaigns. The Loss of the Night app is a free app. available for Android & iOS (iPhones an iPads). And if you have an iPhone 4S or later, take a look at the Dark Sky Meter app, just 99¢ in the App Store.
Globe at Night article in Science Scope
Every month the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Science Scope journal (for middle school science teachers) features one citizen science project that is an excellent fit for the middle school science classroom. The July 2017 NSTA Science Scope issue features Globe at Night! Download it as a PDF to read it.
Did you know?
Citizen scientists in 97 countries participated in Globe at Night, submitting their data in 18 different languages (other than English) in 2016! Find out more interesting information about this year’s campaigns from the Globe at Night Interactive Infographic for 2017!
Globe at Night and SciStarter
SciStarter has been working closely with Globe at Night to integrate some of their new NSF-funded SciStarter 2.0 tools onto their site. These tools allow participants to automatically track their contributions through a centralized SciStarter dashboard. Check out our project page to learn more.
