STINYBY Results

Stars In Your Back Yard (STINYBY) is a set of activities for students and other Flagstaff residents wishing to contribute real data about stars, night vision, and light pollution in our community. These activities were prepared by the Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition and the Willow Bend Environmental Education Center. For more information, download the STINYBY Teachers Guide.

Activity 2 in the Teachers Guide is the Backyard Star Count. Observers count the stars in a designated section of the sky (Ursa Minor, a.k.a. The Little Dipper) and record their observations on a data sheet and then online. Click on the thumbnails below to see the results to date.