TO celebrate Science Week, Mullumbimby High School last Friday set out to be part of a country-wide attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people stargazing at the same time.

Science teacher Christian Colli put out the invitation to students and families to get on board and get out under the stars for the attempt.

Aside from serving up a sausage sizzle for dinner, Mr Colli also had a stack of telescopes ready to kit out any would-be Galileos who didn't bring their own.

Also on hand was local professional astronomer Dr Allan Brockman from Federal, who gave a very informative talk in the library prior to the star gazing so everyone knew what they were gazing at.

Despite some lingering cloud cover, the record was broken with 53 parents, students and siblings gathered on the basketball court to be part of record for the most people to be stargazing in the one country simultaneously.

"The final count is still to come but there have been 8336 confirmed budding astronomers who were stargazing, which blitzes the old record from Mexico of 3000," said Mr Colli.

"Congratulations to all who attended and thank you to Dr Allan Brockman and his team for their presentation and the use of their telescopes.

"And thanks also to Phil from Starry Night Planetarium for coming to the school and showing our community the beauty of astronomy."