My Bortle number.

[col]

Iv been reading a lot of people mentioning their Bortle number, and was curious what mine is.

So after googling it, I found out the Clear Outside site actually lists it at the top of the page for that nights cloud cover. I had no idea it was that easy to check.

Im in a Bortle 5 area after being convinced the light pollution for me was worse than that.?

So in reality Im not in as bad a  situation I thought I was.

Saying that, sometimes the school behind and next to the back garden fence has the security lights on all night facing towards me. but thats  not been that often lately.

And i can see the glow from the estate and town over the rooftops.

But it gives me hope for deep sky on good nights possibly.

 

[Mandy D]

20 minutes ago, col said:

Iv been reading a lot of people mentioning their Bortle number, and was curious what mine is.

So after googling it, I found out the Clear Outside site actually lists it at the top of the page for that nights cloud cover. I had no idea it was that easy to check.

Im in a Bortle 5 area after being convinced the light pollution for me was worse than that.?

So in reality Im not in as bad a  situation I thought I was.

Saying that, sometimes the school behind and next to the back garden fence has the security lights on all night facing towards me. but thats  not been that often lately.

And i can see the glow from the estate and town over the rooftops.

But it gives me hope for deep sky on good nights possibly.

 

Yes, Bortle 5 here at home in UK. Uber-bright LED streetlights and I can still comfortably image the planets and their moons. In France, Clear Outside gives me Bortle 3, yet I cannot see our house across the street when staggering home from the neighbours after a glass of wine. I walked a quarter mile past the recycling bin one night thinking I really didn't need to put the outside light on, because I knew where I was going! To be fair, that Bortle 3 is for the village a mile down the road, and not our hamlet which has no street lights.

[Zermelo]

29 minutes ago, Mandy D said:

Yes, Bortle 5 here at home in UK. Uber-bright LED streetlights and I can still comfortably image the planets and their moons. In France, Clear Outside gives me Bortle 3, yet I cannot see our house across the street when staggering home from the neighbours after a glass of wine. I walked a quarter mile past the recycling bin one night thinking I really didn't need to put the outside light on, because I knew where I was going! To be fair, that Bortle 3 is for the village a mile down the road, and not our hamlet which has no street lights.

Never mind the Bortle rating, tell us which wine that is!

[Mandy D]

1 hour ago, Zermelo said:

Never mind the Bortle rating, tell us which wine that is!

French wine. A good red. I don't recall, probably because I drank too much of it and addled my brain. Hic!