Students around the world are being asked to identify the stars of Orion in the night sky as part of a global project to study the effects of light pollution.
Citizen scientists around the world are being asked to watch the skies and report what they see as part of a years-long effort to monitor the effects of light pollution.
This year's "Globe at Night" project gets started on Saturday night. The job is simple: All you need to do is go outside and look for the constellation Orion, which is one of the easiest star patterns to find in the night sky. (It's the one with three stars in a row to represent Orion's "belt.") Fill in the blanks and click the choices listed on this Web app, then send in your observations over the Internet.
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