Video report by ITV News Meridian's Andy Dickenson
Countryside campaigners are currently encouraging us all to look out of our windows and bask in the wonders of the night sky.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England wants us to become 'citizen scientists' and count the stars we can see - although for some that's not always easy.
In fact, it comes as an all parliamentary group discusses the impact of light pollution - and the effect it may have on our mental health and wildlife.
Astronomers agree that our evening skies are often marred by light pollution - not just from streetlights but heat lamps in football stadiums like the Amex in Brighton, and the greenhouse complex Thanet Earth.
Both the Amex and Thanet Earth point to their importance to the local economies and say they take their responsibilities for the environment very seriously indeed - both trying to limit the use of their lights.
Alongside the Campaign to Protect Rural England's star count, the South Down's Dark Skies Festival now runs to the end of the month.