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Olivier Biot
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Reged: 04/25/05
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Loc: 51°N (Belgium)
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Re: Light Pollution Rating
01/19/08 09:06 AM
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Living in Brussels, the capital of brightly lit Belgium, I must have about mag 2 skies on an average night. Polaris is not always visible, yet it is quite high in the sky at 51°N.
I can get to mag 5.5 skies if I drive for about 1 hour.
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Tal-200K (#199) with JMI NGF-Mini2M focuser on GEM3 • Astro-Tech AT80ED on Orion Sirius EQ-G with EQDIR & home made wireless EQDIRECT • Celestron Regal LX 8x42 & 10x42 • Helios 15x70
ATM 14" f/5 (designing mirror cell and filter wheel/focuser) • ATM 10" f/6 Portable Truss (polishing) • ATM 10" f/25 Dall-Kirkham (primary: polishing, secondary: #120 grit)
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