The Night is for the Stars!
Physics and Astronomy
Charlotte Burdette
- Grade:
- 5
- Teacher:
- Jon Helleson
In my project, I show how light pollution affects our pictures of the stars and nebulas, making them not look as good. I show how my hypothesis can be proven with the power of my telescope in different places in the USA.
This is an excellent experiment and demonstrates the significance of light pollution. If you do continue this project (I encourage you to do so), you should explain things that most judges will not know, such as “Bortle scale” and what causes noise in the images.
Nice project! I’m impressed with the images you got with your SeeStar S50. You said you looked to see if it was clear, but how did you determine this? Did you look up at the sky, or did you check the weather report on a computer? It’s not always easy to see clouds at night. There are so many things you can do with the procedure you’ve established. If you took images of an object at different heights above the horizon, could that tell you something about how much dust is in the air? Maybe take some images one day when there is no wind, and some more images after a windy day and compare them.
very nice job. Well conceptualized and presented. Clear conclusions. Excellent!!!
Great project – very scientific thorough approach!