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20-01-2012, 02:11 PM
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| | | Star Count Orion 2012
cpre.org.ukStar Count in Orion 2012 Friday 20th - Friday 27th.Need some Clear Skies for this.How Many Will You See.Can Be Found On Campaign for Rural England.
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24-01-2012, 09:12 AM
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| | | Re: Star Count Orion 2012
Checked last night.Saw 10 stars inside the box.That is a brown star position which is lows as only 1 place up from bottom.Possible to check again Thurs/Fridasy night as may be clear skies then.
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26-01-2012, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by artdemole  | I was gonna go & have a count this evening but the wind's whooped up something terrible & it's clouded over! 
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26-01-2012, 07:56 PM
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| | | Re: Star Count Orion 2012
Are the rules the same as previous years?
The instructions say that you should make your count as soon as you can see the constellation. It seems to me that whatever the light pollution you will see very few fainter stars if you count as soon as the bright stars are visible. |
26-01-2012, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Cordaline I was gonna go & have a count this evening but the wind's whooped up something terrible & it's clouded over! | As fast as the weather came in, it was gone again. 
I counted 14!
Wouldn't know whether that was good, bad or indifferent.
Have submitted my count on the link you shared. 
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27-01-2012, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Cordaline As fast as the weather came in, it was gone again. I counted 14! Wouldn't know whether that was good, bad or indifferent. Have submitted my count on the link you shared. | I've done this test in previous years but results so depressing, compared to others in darker sites [remote from civilisation!] I've not repeated it - I'll stick to taking pics which largely ignore LP  |
27-01-2012, 11:35 AM
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| | | Re: Star Count Orion 2012
Did not do to bad for this area.13 inside the box.This was at 21:45.Stayed out with telescope Until 23:15 when cloud cover increased.
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28-01-2012, 09:18 AM
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| | | Re: Star Count Orion 2012
Here's a 20s wideangle snap taken last Dec from patio showing target area for count - the Orion Nebula = middle 'star' in Sword  
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11-04-2012, 10:17 AM
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The results have been placed on BBC News-Science &Enviroment today of the star count pollution levels.
53% Failed to see more than 10 stars .1 in 10 saw 21-30.... 2% only saw 31+.
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