I'm happy you got a nice view from the kitchen but I'm told that whatever you saw,.. it would have been even better outside! Oh well,.. What do I know?

Isabelle

HI Isabelle, yeah i tried out side, but the light pollution is terrible near my garden, there were halogens lights on all over the place! oh and some one with a 40 inch plus tv distracting me flashing away. Saturn was better in my dark kitchen. Even tried the sky watcher light pollution filter out side but no difference . some nights i have to hang blankets on the clothes line to block the light from neighbors gardens.

Light pollution can truly destroy an experience. Do you know your neighbours very well? Maybe you could give them a call to turn them off for a little. Maybe I'm just dreaming,...

Isabelle

Have the same problem here, sourrounded by street lights, the observatory does help but still an LP area :(

Jim

Isabella, if i went round to there houses and asked them to turn there lights off, i would get told to fu@k off, and probably get my head kicked in!! people dont give a sh@t here in this street, its like the Lebanon, if you know what i mean. i was going to buy a bigger scope but no chance of that round here it would probably get nicked out the shed.

Mmmmmm, do we live on the same street? :D

I'm sorry that you live in such a hostile area. I hear lights and rocks don't "do well" together. For some reason they leap out of a person's hands and hit lights straight on! Interesting phenomenon actually. Maybe a little experimentation may be needed,..

Just kidding.

Or am I?

Isabelle :)

i have a street light about 50m away,i get the long nose pliers out and go to the light,theres a cover on the light the nut you twist is a triangle shaped on give that a turn and inside you can either use the little switch to turn the street light of or pull the fuse out,and loose the fuse in the dustbin takes themabout a week to replace it this is only a giude and i accept no liabilty lol