EPISODE 1 - The Star-Spotting Experiment
Channel: Public & Science Sweden
Date: 03/06/2019

Stjärnförsöket (Sweden), the Star-Spotting Experiment (the UK and Ireland) and Cuenta Estrellas (Spain).

Welcome to take part in the Star-Spotting Experiment! Go outside and count the stars in the sky in order to measure light pollution where you live. In this first episode, astronomy researcher Urban Eriksson explains what light pollution is and why measuring it is important.

Read more: www.forskarfredag.se/star-spotting

Thank you for your help!
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The Star-Spotting Experiment is a collaboration between Kristianstad University, Lund University, National Resource Center for Physics Education, the Swedish National Space Agency, Swedish Astronomical Society, Umevatoriet, the House of Science (Vetenskapens hus) and Public & Science and is financially supported by Formas, the Swedish National Space Agency and ForskarFredag through the EU Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020.

The project is run in collaboration with Fundación Descubre, Esciencia, La Palma Centre and Fundación madri+d in Spain, University College Cork and Trinity College in Ireland and Natural History Museum in London, UK.