Night Sky

[Mav359]

Someones been busy on stellarium, found this on facebook.

[oldpink]

yeah, I'm somewhere between 7 and 9

[emadmoussa]

I think I'm No. 4..

[brantuk]

I'm about a 4 on that scale - except the street lights bounce around in the tube and reflect off the eyepiece at some angles.

[emadmoussa]

I'm about a 4 on that scale - except the street lights bounce around in the tube and reflect off the eyepiece at some angles.

LOL - same problem here.

[Thewitty]

9 for sure here.

[Myopicus]

Probably about a 3 on my patio, especially now I have woollen army blankets that I can hang over the house windows to block ambient light.

[johnd]

I would say I'm about a 6 on a good night, I long to be able to see the rest of 'Little Bear' (Pole star aside) I know its up there somewhere?

[Mike73]

4 at home and 1 or 2 at my dark sites.

[DaveS]

Mostly 7 I think, but it has been as low as 5 when I was younger. I did see a 6 sky back in Dec but as the garden was soaking I didn't dare try lugging the scope out to set it up.

[nitram100]

8

I can't even imagine the joy you guys with 5 and below must get when walking outside to your garden. Living in London and being an Astronomer is very, very difficult. 

I was born in Ireland and moved to London at a young age so go back quite often, the view from my Uncles garden in Armagh, Northern Ireland is spectacular, I saw the Milky Way for the first time a few years ago and couldn't believe it, gorgeous. My goal in life is to live in a 4 ! 

[andyman]

Can you get a 12

[johnd]

8

I can't even imagine the joy you guys with 5 and below must get when walking outside to your garden. Living in London and being an Astronomer is very, very difficult. 

I was born in Ireland and moved to London at a young age so go back quite often, the view from my Uncles garden in Armagh, Northern Ireland is spectacular, I saw the Milky Way for the first time a few years ago and couldn't believe it, gorgeous. My goal in life is to live in a 4 ! 

Yeah I grew up in Co. Armagh and although they went nuts on Orange Street and Road lights, I used to see some lovely sky's in my Yute. Not as good as Southern Italy village views but way better than our London suburbs. 

[Carbon Brush]

Can you get a 12

Nottinghamshire County council are doing their best. In some places, after driving on unlit roads, street lights are often dazzling.

South Yorkshire are also doing their bit. Recently I looked at the view from Handsworth Cemetery over the 'technology park'. Or was that Blackpool?

[mikeobrien]

7 to 8 at home

[SlyReaper]

I'd say I'm around 5.  A few miles out from the city centre, but there's a ridge in between, so not much light pollution from that.  Really looking forward to the next cloudless nights, I'll drive out to Brecon and do some proper dark sky viewing.

[Steve Ward]

Probably a 2 here ...   

[Saganite]

I feel very fortunate. My south facing rear garden has only one street lamp

visible, it is 50 yards away and goes off by 12.30 am, leaving me with

a 3.

[Davey-T]

Can you get a 12

I'm with you     

Dave

[Umbraldot]

I have a nice dark site to the south looking over the Southern Uplands so a 3 for sure and maybe a 2 if next doors security lighting should suddenly fail!

[C7tsj]

3 from me at the rear of the house, street light opposite my house round the front. Nightmare.

[andrew63]

Around 3 for me.

andrew

[laser_jock99]

Maybe a 2 at my dark site?

[starman1969]

9 for sure here.

I feel for you.

[starman1969]

I'm in Blackpool, so I'd rate it as a 7. My local dark site ten miles away would probably be 3.