On the issue of Light Pollution

[lensman57]

Ouch

Believe it or not I can already see a change for the worst as the very well lit tram lines to the airport have been completed a year early.

A.G

[Thalestris24]

Believe it or not I can already see a change for the worst as the very well lit tram lines to the airport have been completed a year early.

A.G

Commiserations! I bet it's still nowhere near as bad as Glasgow! Maybe you'll have to move.....

Louise

[wxsatuser]

Cloud pollution seems the main problem here. 

Here is a rare clear night, about as good as I can remember, with no LP filter.

I have local LP plus Horsham, Crawley and Gatwick to the N/NE.

Brighton to Worthing SE to SW and our town lighting directly West with football field lights and a sports centre/school.

It could be worse and only gets better after the local lights go out after 1.30AM.

[Thalestris24]

A single 2min sub from last night. Looking West - the darker side of my flat! Full-spectrum 1100d with cls-ccd filter.

My sensor needs a clean!

Louise

[wxsatuser]

Yep,  that is bad.

My local orange lights have gone but replaced with flourescent which with an LP filter give a slightly pink tinge to the blue

if their is any rubbish in the air.

[lensman57]

Cloud pollution seems the main problem here. 

Here is a rare clear night, about as good as I can remember, with no LP filter.

I have local LP plus Horsham, Crawley and Gatwick to the N/NE.

Brighton to Worthing SE to SW and our town lighting directly West with football field lights and a sports centre/school.

It could be worse and only gets better after the local lights go out after 1.30AM.

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My sister in law lives in West Hoathly , they have darker skies than I do. At times I have taken a small scope there just in case .Have a look at this link, it doesn't look good at all.http://www.avex-asso.org/dossiers/pl/uk/vue-generale.jpg

A.G

[wxsatuser]

Here the map is green, the best direction is towards the east.

I hope they never put lights on the bypass as that would be a real pain as thats towards the east.

Good nights I can see the MW and the bright constellations but often there is a lot of clag in the air.

Where we are is the inbound heavies route for Gatwick and at one a minute it's gotta fill the air with rubbish. 

[DaveS]

If it clears tonight I may take a couple of pics to post for comparison. It's pretty orange here.

[lensman57]

If it clears tonight I may take a couple of pics to post for comparison. It's pretty orange here.

It was crystal clear about 6 pm, went out for an indian with the family and came back about 8.30pm. I fancied a longish session on M45, everything was set up by 9 pm and guess what clouds have rolled in again. I am really fed up this as it was  supposd to be clear all night.

A.G

[Gina]

It's still clear here but some of my gear isn't working

[DaveS]

it's still clear here but my patio is still too wet for me to want to set anything up, even just a camera on a tripod.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

[Thalestris24]

It was crystal clear about 6 pm, went out for an indian with the family and came back about 8.30pm. I fancied a longish session on M45, everything was set up by 9 pm and guess what clouds have rolled in again. I am really fed up this as it was  supposd to be clear all night.

A.G

Hope you enjoyed the curry, at least...

[lensman57]

Hope you enjoyed the curry, at least...

That was great, so was the beer.

A.G

[pyrasanth]

I can't use my OSC CCD from my location. The colours come out really horrible. This is a direct result of light pollution. I don't get major problems when I shoot mono LRGB. Perhaps I might need to look at how the OSC colour is being post processed.