Magnitude Limits

[Mav359]

Hi Guys

I know this is a bit of a it depends on your location but i'm asking anyway....

I have a C9.25 which is an F10 scope, if i lived in an area with a bortle of 1 (super dark skies) (i dont) what would the lowest magnitude i could see objects at.

Currently in south east london & can see (on very good nights) magnitudes up to 7.

Im just wondering how far i could get out there, im getting ready to move out of london and dark skies is a factor that im going consider (along with price, parking, travel etc..)

Cheers

[spaceboy]

Dark skies are rated up to mag 6. This is considered to be the darkest the average human eye can see. Your scope at a mag 6 dark site will see up to mag 13.8 stars.

HTH

SPACEBOY

[Mav359]

Sweeeeeeeeeeet

At least when i take it darker sites im likley to see more

Cheers Spaceboy

[spaceboy]

No problem Alan. I'm no expert by any means but looking at that bortle chart I couldn't help but LOL. I can only assume it is American and give the vast distances some of there towns can be apart I'm sure there are some real dark skies but the eye doesn't have a LX mod so mag 6 is pretty much the top end on the magnitude scale.