Hints and Informationen Avoid places with nearby direct ligthing, e.g. by streetlights. If you want to illuminate the instructions use a red flashlight, or cover the flashlight with your hand so that it dimmly shines through it. Before observing you should give your eyes time to adapt to the dark. We encourage you to repeat your observation at different days and different times even at the same spot. Additional help and more information at: email: Verein@Kuffner-Sternwarte.at web: http://sternhell.at/

How to help and participate 1. Look for an observing site under clear and moonless skies. 2. Locate the constellation of the litte dipper by first locating Polaris and Kochab, the brightest stars of the little dipper (with the help of the large image and the big dipper) or look for Orion and its belt stars. 3. Compare the stars that you can see with the naked eye, (without binoculars or a telescope, but using your glasses) either in the Little Dipper or in the constellation of Orion to the respective small reference images on this page. Then kindly report the image number (1 to 7) of the constellation-image that corresponds most closely to what you actually see together with date, clock-time (ie local legal time) observing location by using the observation form. http://sternhell.at/