Across Australia, Stargazing Parties were held to beat the Guinness World Record for the most people stargazing at one time.
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The world is now patiently waiting to hear what record was reached last night.
Star enthusiasts looked to the sky eager to smash the current World Record at 7,960 set in 2015 by the Australian National University.
All participants of the record attempt needed to be looking through a telescope or a pair of binoculars at the moon for 10 minutes.
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The Area News joined the Star Party at Marian Catholic College to add to the numbers, and we spoke with Marian Catholic College Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teacher, Dr Elijah Marshall for his first impressions of the night.
“I was seriously apprehensive as to whether we’d have people showing up, I was seriously apprehensive as to whether we’d have any sort of response from people in Griffith,” Dr Marshall said.
“We got a few die-hard people turn out and a few science teachers. and a couple of other teachers to support.
“When the numbers crossed 30, it was great, and these numbers count for the World Record account.”
We spoke with student Amos Salvestro who was excited to be a part of Stargazing Live.
“Honestly it’s amazing for me. I knew that telescopes can really make things a lot more enhanced, but I didn’t realise how amazing it can look through a telescope,” he said.