Just out of interest

[LukeSkywatcher]

I've never checked because i dont have much of a view of that part of the sky. I do pretty much all of my observing towards the E/SE

[Pug]

Usually only Polaris is visible for me, maybe once or twice in 3 yrs has Pherkas and Kocab been visible from my garden. Basingstoke train station and its flood lights are half a mile north of my back yard though!

[JamesF]

I did the test from here:

Naked Eye Limiting Magnitude: Redux Dark Sky Diary

this morning at about 00:45. Conditions weren't outstanding, but reasonably good -- I couldn't make out the Milky Way, for instance, which I can do easily on a very clear night.

Ursa Minor was easily visible and I could see star number 10 in the above diagram. I thought I could make out 12 with averted vision, but I couldn't find 11 and perhaps it's the cluster of stars around 12 that I was picking up as a whole. I think I can be quite happy with that.

James

[Mr Spock]

I can usually see all the main stars of Ursa Minor on a good night. Any kind of haze though and the dreaded orange takes over.

[Alan_B]

Well last night was really good for me & I could see Kocab & Pherkad

[Islander]

No problem with it here