{"id":490,"date":"2013-12-10T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T12:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astronomyweek.org.uk\/?page_id=490"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:39:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:39:37","slug":"orion-star-count","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/?page_id=490","title":{"rendered":"Star Count 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAW 2014 joined forces with the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the British Astronomical Association’s Campaign for Dark Skies to monitor the extent of light pollution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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How many stars can you see?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Latest: Results are out – click here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

Star Count 2014 ran from Wednesday 26th February to Saturday 8th March 2014, chosen to overlap National Astronomy Week. The results, regrettably, show growing light pollution in the UK.<\/p>\n

There have been three Star Counts since a pilot in the winter of 2006\/7 and over 6,000 records submitted.\u00a0 In November 2013, CPRE President, Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate, wrote :\u00a0 “Within the next decade, we should aim for darkness levels that will give all children a better chance to see the Milky Way, a sight our grandparents took for granted.”<\/p>\n

The rest of this page was written before Star Count took place.<\/p>\n

How to take part<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s really easy to do and a great way to involve people in the campaign against light pollution.\u00a0 Just count the number of stars visible with the naked eye in the constellation of Orion the Hunter<\/strong> any night during the Star Count period.<\/p>\n