Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Deep Sky Observing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) Rusty Postmaster Reged: 08/06/03 Posts: 16399 Loc: Brooker, FL Re: So *that's* what darker skies look like! [Re: rboe]       #23740 - 11/27/03 11:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I spent a few years at sea - now there's a truly "dark sky"! All I had to observe were the Navy-issue 7x50s and a my own pair of Zeiss 8x42s, but there's nothing to compare with the Magellanic Clouds, the Southern Cross, and of course, the Milky Way...I didn't really need a scope! -------------------- N11GPS Fastar TOA-130S MK66 Std Vintage C5 Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO SolarMax 40 NJP Temma II Sirius EQ-G ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke Post Extras:       Anonymous Unregistered Re: So *that's* what darker skies look like! [Re: Rusty]       #24331 - 11/30/03 03:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi folks, Just thought I'd jump on the dark skies bandwagon. Haven't seen any for a while round here but this year my wife & myself visited the Maldives on our honeymoon. At nights we'd go to the beach & lie on the loungers just looking up, the sky was awesome. Really wish I'd thought of bringing binoculars. The darkest skies I remember was in '93 when myself & some friends visited Brazil for 2 months in the summer. We stayed at various places, some of them well away from any lights. As far as I can remember that was my first time seeing the milky way. It was exactly as somebody here already said, you're sorting thinking "Why's that long cloud going across the sky and theres not another in sight" Then the pennies drops and so does your jaw. I was chatting to my mum a few days back and she happened to say about how there doesn't seem to be as many stars as there used to. It was a case of Hey mum, see all those streets lights that didn't used to be there, do you think they might have pinced them Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 2 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  matt, Olivier Biot  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 959 Jump to *International Year of Astronomy 2009* -----   Global Coordination   Cornerstone Projects   Special Projects   Special Task Groups   Global Activities   National and Regional Activities   IYA 2009 in Africa   IYA 2009 in the USA*Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Beginners Forum   Celestial Events   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Celestron SkyScout and Meade mySky   Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   General Observing   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Other* -----   Science of Astronomy & Space exploration   AstroWebsites   Space Rocks*Speciality Forums* -----   AstroArt   Astronomy Software & Computers   Stellar Media   Astro Outreach, Clubs and Star Parties*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements Home

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