milkyjoe Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Just been outside to look at the night sky in the lake district... WOW! Never seen so many stars :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhebrit Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Lucky, I've been seeing clouds for weeks now.This is rediculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 There have been good gaps here, just ignore the forecasts !Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul73 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Just been outside to look at the night sky in the lake district... WOW! Never seen so many stars :-DThere is something magical about a really dark sky. I wonder if the Cumbrian residents get the same "Wow" feeling when they look up? Or, is that feeling a special thing that only us LP dwellers get?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoSuperNova Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 There is something magical about a really dark sky.I wonder if the Cumbrian residents get the same "Wow" feeling when they look up? Or, is that feeling a special thing that only us LP dwellers get?PaulI can only imagine they all come down here and mention to fellow Cumbrian's about our amazing cloud formations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I was born in 1942, the year of Stalingrad. As far as light pollution goes, sky conditions started to go down the pan in the mid-1960s, as road and street lighting got brighter. Nowadays' of course, we have millions of infernal insecurity lights turned on nightly. How I remember lying back on the grass in the old days, staring up at a blazing starry sky, and that was in the town! It was possible to see Uranus with the unaided eye from the town centre... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul73 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I'm never quite sure if it is the LP or my eyes that are getting worse.At least my memory is getting better. Sometimes, a day or two after a good scope session, I remember more detail than I actually saw at the time. Odd, phenomenon....Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bond19 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I have a pal who is used to a dark sky, but has been living in Manchester for a year to so. She came to visit recently. I'm semi-ruaral (can see faint milky way and Andromeda barley) but she was blow away and forgot how beautiful a starry sky is. I'm only an hour from Lake District so must take my scope up there when skies permit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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