GMOS Perfect Spiral

Dark Sky Projects

These are all activities you can carry out yourself.

Constellation projects - an example of this was run across Northern Scotland as the Highland Constellation Project, and has recently been run on the Isle of Luing[Adobe pdf, 259Kb].

Light Pollution Surveys - an example of surveying light pollution is the Globe At Night project.

Dark Sky Discovery Sites - identifying somewhere local that has a darker, accessible view of the night skies. The first two of these Dark Sky Discovery Sites in the world have been announced, in Scotland, with more to follow during 2009. We have prepared some guidelines [Word doc, 42Kb]and further information.