"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/30/2016 at 19:07 • Filed to: spacelopnik, astronomy
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/30/2016 at 19:07 • Filed to: spacelopnik, astronomy | 3
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If you’re interested in viewing a brilliant night sky, chances are pretty good that there is so much light pollution where you live that it’s just not possible to see any but the brightest stars. Here’s the full explanation of The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness:
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CB
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:16 |
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Whelp, I’m deep in a red-zone. Pretty close to an open area, though.
What’s neat is that the Subaru website actually has a list of dark sky preserves in Canada .
facw
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:25 |
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It’s so nice when you can actually get out to somewhere remote enough for a good view of the sky.
Perhaps the most beautiful thing I’ve seen was the sky as viewed from a trans-atlantic flight on a moonless night (with a blanket behind me to block out the cabin light.) Just an impossible number of stars...
HammerheadFistpunch
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:27 |
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There are a couple nice dark blobs near me. Canyonlands, the kaiparowits, great basin...even this weekend where there will be a boatload (several actually) of people I will be able to see the milky way.
E90M3
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:30 |
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You ever see this before, during the boom you could see frac sites and drilling rigs everywhere.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:31 |
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I’m in a dark zone right next to Glacier National Park, I can see the milky way twirling away after dark. Our neighbors have those stupid solar driveway marker lights, I let my dog piss on them in hopes of a short circuit.
Jonee
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:35 |
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I actually once travelled to Madagascar, one of the darkest places on the map, and the sky truly was astonishing at night. It felt unreal.
Sam
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:35 |
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There’s actually a silver-tier darksite within a few hours of my house (its a park in northern Tennessee). I pitched the idea to my family when we went down to Bowling Green and the initial response was “can’t you pick a dark site nearer to a major city?” I had to explain that the whole point was that it was super far away from anything else. We’re going camping there in the next few months, though.
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ttyymmnn
> facw
06/30/2016 at 19:37 |
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That would be awesome.
Birddog
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:46 |
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I know I’m not seeing everything where I’m at. But on a clear night I’m seeing a heckuva lot more than I ever did in the Chicago area. There isn’t much light pollution in the “country”.
Its so dang dark I ordered Lloyd an LED collar.
Frank Grimes
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 19:55 |
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It’s cool people can see the stars in very dark places on the earth but then again the really dark places have nothing when you are bored of craning your neck to look up. Also lights to see in the dark are good.
interstate366, now In The Industry
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 20:05 |
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I live solidly in a red zone. I remember the OBX in the 90s having a lot darker sky than at home.
e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 20:06 |
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I hate the fact that where I live(east coast US) you can’t even pick out the Milky Way. When I was a much younger man I went hiking out in New Mexico and got to see the full night sky with no lights to interrupt it. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever witnessed. Horizon to horizon, you could see everything, every nuance of the Milky Way, everything. Now, I had an idea of what a good night sky looked like from some summer camps in Canada, but I was not prepared for what I saw in NM. I wish I had a real camera back then to capture it. Or hell, even just a modern smartphone.
The only sight I’ve seen that was better than those night skies was my wife walking up the isle. I really want to go back some day, hopefully with a kid of my own to show them what a night sky really looks like.
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ttyymmnn
> e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
06/30/2016 at 20:57 |
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I have had the same thought about our kids. They’ve never seen a proper night sky. I think we might go out to Big Bend sometime just for that.
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ttyymmnn
> interstate366, now In The Industry
06/30/2016 at 20:57 |
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I remember OBX in the 70s......
Wacko
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 21:44 |
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I live in north western Quebec. I live about 15 minutes away from the biggest town in our region. It has about 45000-50000 population. So you can say I live in a rural part or a rural region. So I get to see stars almost every night, unless lots of clouds.
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interstate366, now In The Industry
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 21:59 |
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Mainland Currituck didn't change much until after the turn of the century. Even now it's still fairly rural.
Agrajag
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 22:15 |
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I’ve been here twice.
Rained the first time, completely overcast the second. Hope to get out there again this summer.
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> Sam
06/30/2016 at 22:15 |
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What park is it? Trying to think of one but can't remember
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ttyymmnn
> Agrajag
06/30/2016 at 23:27 |
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Looks like a nice place.
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Agrajag
> ttyymmnn
06/30/2016 at 23:29 |
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It is! Even with uncooperative weather.