Transcript 2015- 2016 Student Results

OTTW:
Dark Skies of Ashburn
2015 – 2016
BRHS: Physics Mrs. Kent
Dark Skies are a Loudoun County Tradition
LOUDOUN COUNTY’s Board of Supervisor’s has made provisions for over
25 years for DARK SKIES!
The stars are our common heritage!
“I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of
the stars makes me dream.”
— Vincent van Gogh
Change in Night Skies Over Time . . .
Current Light pollution in the U.S.A.
Street lamp design using shielding makes a BIG difference! Loudoun County has a
DECADES old tradition to use shielding to protect its Skies.
A comparison of expectations to view stars.
Our Partnership:
GLOBE AT NIGHT:
International
citizen-scientist
campaign to raise
public awareness
on the impact of
light pollution
Our equipment to evaluate the sky brightness of Ashburn:
counting stars in constellations and using the SQM meter
SQM accuracy +/- 0.1
Citizen Scientists: Globe at Night
Winter and Spring Campaigns 2015
Orion
Leo
Results from the Winter Campaign
The BASELINE before our Research
FALL 2015: VERY FEW data points on record
for Loudoun County or Ashburn
Winter DATA COLLECTION: ORION’S BELT
OTTW:
1st Semester
Data Collection
For Ashburn
RESULTS CORRELATION: Residents of Ashburn
should be able to view 0- 175 stars in the sky.
SPRING 2016:
Constellation Leo
DATA COLLECTION
Kelly Konrad
Takiya Darden
Clara Stebbins
Block 3A
SAMPLED STUDENT REPORTS:
In the news . . . .
Simulations and Submissions
Veena Ramesh
Local Community Newsletters:
Alyce Hong
Local Papers
Baseline Examples of Effective Shielding Design
vs. Poor Design
Harman Sandhu
Street Lamps: Student Sleuthing
on Ashburn Street Lamp Design
Dana Marcolla-Gattasse
Nick Federovitch
Brandon Steel’s Survey:
Student Research: Dark Sky Laws
and
Ordinances in Other States and Counties
Change Over Time:
BASE LINE for NEXT Year’s Research
Creating a baseline for NEXT year’s Research:
Grayson Albers Period 3