I live in a red zone, right next to a white zone. Iv been able to find alot with my new 10" telescope. But i cant see nebula like the trifid,laggoon nebula. Or M51 or the Andromeda Galaxy. Im just getting into all this astronemy stuff (altho i did have a 60mm scope for like 10 years lol) and personally this light pollution is ruining everything for me. I cant see anything but planets, and a few things like the ring nebula. I cant even see the big dipper anymore with my naked eye just the handle. I cant see saturn anymore with my eye either. I can count maybe 6 stars with the naked eye on a good night.

I wish i was still living in Arizona where the sky's were Lightblue/grey. Oh well i cant move simply because of a hobby. D.C is where all the money and jobs are at.