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RE: Citizen Science (aka DeSci): How does light pollution affect your location
It seems that there is no report from Ukraine. Actually, it's not surprising, now people here are not up to it. I wonder if I can do it. In the northwest, the bright lights of an industrial enterprise interfere with observation. But I just checked - the milky way can be seen. However, this is not the milky way that I saw as a child in a village 25 km from my city. Then, it seemed that the whole night sky was shining. There was not a single dark spot - the whole sky was full of stars.
So, March 31. I have bookmarked your post. If the weather permits, I will try to make an observation.
It would be pretty cool if Steemizens can put a few countries onto the map for them. For no particular reason, I have a feeling that they're mostly clustered around universities right now. If so, maybe the people we can reach here will help to provide very different geographic coverage.
I have a light dome from a business district to the east, so I have generally tried to make my observations late enough that the constellation is already overhead or even in the western portion of the sky. In your case, I guess you'd hope to catch it early, before it moves too far west.
I have seen skies like that, but never where I lived. At best, the Milky Way was just faintly visible, and only on certain nights, when I was a kid. It's nice that you're able to have that childhood memory.
Sorry, but now I want to say something off topic.
I would like to advise you to apply for a Steem Representative. Everything you do here corresponds to the status of the Representative. I understand that you don't need this status, but I think that the Representative status needs you. The fact is that the Steemit team would like to recruit representatives from different regions of the planet. We have never had a representative from North America, and especially from the birthplace of blockchain - the USA. You are the only one who can become it.
You will not need to spend extra time for this role, you will not be limited by any framework or additional work. Each Representative decides for himself what he will do for the benefit of the blockchain, and you are already doing a lot. What are only your ideas and statistical summaries worth!
The Steem Representative initiative is still quite young and, I think, in its infancy. Your participation would add importance to this initiative.
Don't worry about the fact that you will need to write reports. Only those who want to do it. You can not write reports at all. However, the report can be a great opportunity to convey your opinion or some information.
Please think about it. I think this is a chance to do a little favor for Steem. You have until March 20 to apply.
Thanks for the vote of confidence! I didn't have time to write up an application post this week, anyway, but I'll give it some thought for next month.
TBH, time is still a big factor for me. I understand the points you raise, but if I were to sign up, I'm sure that I'd have certain expectations for myself. My first priority for Steem activities right now is building my Java and Open Source skills and working towards building a peer-to-peer client (and I'm already having trouble finding time for that), so I don't want to commit to something that's going to make it even harder to find time for those activities.
I expected such an answer 😁 In fact, I understand that there is no point in taking on additional responsibilities for you, but if you still want to join, I think the door will always be open to you. In addition, the beauty of Steem is that everyone here can do only what they want or what they have time for 🙂.