{"id":69441,"date":"2020-06-25T04:54:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=69441"},"modified":"2020-06-25T08:09:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T22:09:48","slug":"skies-the-limit-in-world-record-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/skies-the-limit-in-world-record-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Skies the limit in world record attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Ballarat Municipal Observatory has contributed to a Guinness World Record attempt for the most people taking an online environmental sustainability lesson in twenty-four hours.<\/p>\n<p>Held over Australia\u2019s longest, darkest night, Sunday, 21 June, any person over 10 years could get involved in the citizens science exercise by heading outside to observe the Southern Cross\u2019 brightness.<\/p>\n<p>Judith Bailey, the observatory\u2019s manager, and secretary of International Dark-Sky Association Victoria said participants logged their location on a map and the clarity of the sky above them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 7.30pm, they measured how many stars they could see in the Southern Cross, and ticked whether it was cloudy, three quarters cloudy, half cloudy, a quarter cloudy or clear,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helps children and adults to become aware of how dark the night sky is at their place, and they can actually go online and look at the data from all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Working towards achieving a Ballarat Dark-Sky Community, this project is a way residents can understand and appreciate why astronomers advocate for less light spill from homes, businesses and street lamps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they go out into their backyard or outside their front door, they will see possible light pollution, which is what prevents them from seeing the stars that they won\u2019t be able to count,\u201d Ms Bailey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people are right out in the bush, they see more stars. 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