Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition-The Stars in Your Back Yard

The Back Yard Star Count

This page is designed for Flagstaff students to record the number of stars in a designated section of the sky as seen from their back yards. But if you're not a Flagstaff student, or you're not in your back yard, you can still enter data. Just be sure that you get everything right, including the latitude and longitude at your observation point. For more information, please read the Instructions.

Note to students: All fields are required!

ALL ABOUT YOU...
Your Name
Your Email Address
Your Teacher's Name
Home Street Address (if observing from a home)
Observation Location Latitude (example +35deg 11' 15")
Observation Locaton Longitude (example 111deg 42' 24" West)
Date of your Observations (example 10-30-2008)

YOUR FOUR STAR COUNTS...
First Observation:
Time you came outside to begin your observation (example: 7:15pm)
Minutes since coming outside that 1st count is completed
Letter of faintest star seen

Second Observation:
Minutes since coming outside that 2nd count is completed
Letter of faintest star seen

Third Observation:
Minutes since coming outside that 3rd count is completed
Letter of faintest star seen

Fourth Observation:
Minutes since coming outside that 4th count is completed
Letter of faintest star seen

Last edited January 21, 2012