The Great Worldwide Star Count is a project that shows how it is becoming increasingly difficult to see stars and constellations at night because of light pollution. This to further introduce children to astronomy. The constellation we would use for the count is Cygnus. We would study Cygnus because when looking at it, the amount of stars your see around it shows the amount of light pollution there is. To the right is a picture of Cygnus in the Northern Hemisphere.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/starcount/constellations_nh.html
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research 10-7-09
http://www.darkskiesawareness.org/gwwsc.php
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