By Peter Lloyd for MailOnline
Published: 00:01 GMT, 1 February 2019 | Updated: 00:06 GMT, 1 February 2019
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More than three-quarters of UK skies are affected by light pollution.
To prove it, the Campaign to Protect Rural England are urging people to go outside and conduct their own 'cosmic census' by counting stars with the naked eye.
This, it says, will highlight the scale of the problem and help experts to counter the worst ares - many of which are located over our national parks.
Often overlooked, it can have negative effects on nature by disrupting wildlife behaviour and ecosystems.
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Take part: Star Count 2019 will take part between Saturday 2 and Saturday 23 February 2019. The Campaign to Protect Rural England are urging people to go outside and conduct their own 'cosmic census' by counting stars with the naked eye
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