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 Announcements and News >> Light Pollution Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 sang33ta professor emeritus Reged: 07/08/08 Posts: 539 Loc: UK Show us a photo of your light pollution       #2518383 - 07/14/08 02:15 PM Attachment (72 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'd like see what other users light pollution problems are like. I think mine is pretty bad but I'v got nothing to compair it against, so maybe it's not, so let me see what you got 60sec exposure July 08 location typical UK town. -------------------- Hioptic 152mm f12.5 Maksutov Celestron Advanced CG5-GT Mount (Mr Noisy!) Meade 4000 Super Plossl Set Casio QV-2900UX Got fed up of waiting for Meade ETX-150 so put this together for £500/$1000 Edited by sang33ta (07/14/08 02:18 PM) Post Extras:       Bart Wide member Reged: 05/16/08 Posts: 72 Loc: Europe Re: Show us a photo of your light pollution [Re: sang33ta]       #2575926 - 08/12/08 06:44 AM Attachment (55 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi, here are some photos of where I am and where I observe. The worse photo is taken in the vicinity of where I live, and the better one is taken in the vicinity from where I usually observe. -------------------- Bart Wide -------------------------------------------------- 22" f/3.61 David Lukehurst Ultra-Portable Dobsonian Ethos 8 mm, Nagler 26 mm, Nagler 3.5 mm TV Paracorr Lumicon 2" UHC, Orion 2" ND 13% transm. -------------------------------------------------- Edited by Bart Wide (08/12/08 06:55 AM) Post Extras:       Bart Wide member Reged: 05/16/08 Posts: 72 Loc: Europe Re: Show us a photo of your light pollution [Re: Bart Wide]       #2575935 - 08/12/08 06:56 AM Attachment (44 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And here is the worse one: -------------------- Bart Wide -------------------------------------------------- 22" f/3.61 David Lukehurst Ultra-Portable Dobsonian Ethos 8 mm, Nagler 26 mm, Nagler 3.5 mm TV Paracorr Lumicon 2" UHC, Orion 2" ND 13% transm. -------------------------------------------------- Edited by Bart Wide (08/12/08 06:59 AM) Post Extras:       Tonk Post Laureate Reged: 08/19/04 Posts: 3550 Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N Re: Show us a photo of your light pollution [Re: Bart Wide]       #2576051 - 08/12/08 09:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This thread on this forum deals with the same topic -------------------- Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 10D Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock Post Extras:       Illinois professor emeritus Reged: 12/18/06 Posts: 556 Loc: near Chicago, Illinois USA Re: Show us a photo of your light pollution [Re: Tonk]       #2576319 - 08/12/08 11:26 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Sang33ta.....your picture of light pollution is pretty bad....it hurt my eyes! -------------------- Astronomer since 1975! Meade 16" Lightbridge Dobsonian Orion 10" SkyQuest Classic Dobsonian Tele Vue Eyepieces Orion Expanse Wide-Field 6mm eyepiece 4.5" F5 Reflector since 1982! Orion Narrowband and SkyGlow filters Member of IDA, let's fight light pollution! Old Edmund 6"F8...donated to cousins Super Polaris C8...donated to Byron Observatory in Illinois Post Extras:       john D All you have to do is ask!! Reged: 08/05/07 Posts: 4942 Loc: Midlothian, VA Re: Show us a photo of your light pollution [Re: Illinois]       #2576339 - 08/12/08 11:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   is that at night or day Sang33ta? WOW! -------------------- Meade ETX-125 Meade LXD55 mount Philips SPC900NC webcam Seymour Solar filter Backyard Observatory -Midlothian VA --Land Of The Free Because Of The Brave-- Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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