Globe at Night

Description: 
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.
Originator: 
Globe at Night is a program of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the national center for ground-based nighttime astronomy in the United States, operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), under cooperative agree
Is this an existing or new approach to measuring landscape change?: 
Existing
Aspect of landscape: 
Spatial coverage: 
Park wide
Geographical unit: 
The sky
Frequency of measure: 
Monthly
Indicator: 
The number of stars that can be seen in a constellation
Barriers: 
This is a citizen science project and therefore relies on volunteers partaking and submitting data.
Resource requirements: 
App/ website and volunteers to partake
Any other comments: 
This information could be used to help compare the quality of dark skies in the Lake District internationally with other National Parks and/ or WHS
Ongoing operational cost: 
Potential cost to get local data
Ongoing reporting cost: 
low
Data source: 
Via an app or the website where it is inputted internationally
Submitted by: 
Jemma
Countryscape

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