When was the last time you saw stars?

Greebo · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:26

wordy said:
Amazing pic, is that at High Force?

Correct

wordy · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:30

Greebo said:
Correct

We stay at Laverock Hall Farm in Eggleston. That was the first time I saw the Milky Way really clearly with the naked eye, was absolutely mind blowing.

JBuk · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:36

Vargas said:
Dark sky- Horsehead Nebula territory. Stunning to photograph. Visually it hard to see, on a very large scope 20” - 30” mirror it’s a smudge.

Pillars of Creation is my favourite visual object through a very big scope.

A girl I knows partner does a bit of amateur astrophotography , he puts up some of his photos on Facebook every so often, the horse head nebula , rosette nebula, m101 galaxy, great Orion Nebula ,western & eastern veil + various other galaxies , always awesome stuff

Rannoch · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:42

JBuk said:
A girl I knows partner does a bit of amateur astrophotography , he puts up some of his photos on Facebook every so often, the horse head nebula , rosette nebula, m101 galaxy, great Orion Nebula ,western & eastern veil + various other galaxies , always awesome stuff

All great objects.

I haven’t done any astrophotography. All my scopes have been big Dobsonians with goto and tracking but aren’t suited for taking photographs although it can be done.

Greebo · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:45

wordy said:
We stay at Laverock Hall Farm in Eggleston. That was the first time I saw the Milky Way really clearly with the naked eye, was absolutely mind blowing.

I know those cottages! Small world. And yeah, being able to go out on a clear crisp night here and see the milkway with your naked eye always blows me away

Orionaut · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:49

Greebo said:

My God, Its full of Stars!

wordy · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:55

Greebo said:
I know those cottages! Small world. And yeah, being able to go out on a clear crisp night here and see the milkway with your naked eye always blows me away

Cool! Every time we go up there I convince myself we’re going to buy a house in Romaldkirk. But when I get back I realise the commute to Sheffield would be a bit much!

FoxEye · 17 Apr 2019 at 20:59

The only time I'm regularly out at night is when I'm digging in the woods. And normally I'm trying to be as quick as possible, so don't really get much chance to appreciate the sky. The trees and nice and thick so I wouldn't see much anyhow.

Greebo · 17 Apr 2019 at 21:02

wordy said:
Cool! Every time we go up there I convince myself we’re going to buy a house in Romaldkirk. But when I get back I realise the commute to Sheffield would be a bit much!

Romaldkirk which repeatedly gets voted as the most desirable place to live in the UK. Houses aren't cheap there. There is a £50k+ premium to live in that village. Good pubs though.

Greebo · 17 Apr 2019 at 21:04

FoxEye said:
The only time I'm regularly out at night is when I'm digging in the woods. And normally I'm trying to be as quick as possible, so don't really get much chance to appreciate the sky. The trees and nice and thick so I wouldn't see much anyhow.

Disposing of dead bodies?????? :eek:

Conscript · 17 Apr 2019 at 21:21

On a clear night, I can see a surprising amount of stars, given that I live in a suburban area, with a dual carriageway close by. But nowhere near as many as can be seen rurally.

wordy · 17 Apr 2019 at 21:29

Greebo said:
Romaldkirk which repeatedly gets voted as the most desirable place to live in the UK. Houses aren't cheap there. There is a £50k+ premium to live in that village. Good pubs though.

Or maybe not then!

Greebo · 17 Apr 2019 at 21:31

wordy said:
Or maybe not then!

All the surrounding villages are nice and much cheaper though. They have still rocketed in the 20 years I have been here though. Everywhere used to be cheap.

PapaLazaru · 17 Apr 2019 at 21:33

I'm lucky to live in a riverside village in a valley, see them quite well. Got a telescope as well.

Rannoch · 17 Apr 2019 at 21:40

FoxEye said:
The only time I'm regularly out at night is when I'm digging in the woods. And normally I'm trying to be as quick as possible, so don't really get much chance to appreciate the sky. The trees and nice and thick so I wouldn't see much anyhow.

Can’t beat a good spade.

Delvis · 17 Apr 2019 at 22:15

Greebo said:
To be fair, even without the 20s exposure you can see an incredible amount of stars once you have your night vision in a dark skies area. The place where I shot that is registered almost as dark as Kielder.

I think there is a test with looking at the plough. 4 to 5 stars visible within the square is a poor area whereas in dark areas you can see 20 stars with just your eyes.

Fair game.

I can see the plough, have taken pics of Jupiter and Saturn through my telescope, but can't see stars within the plough

ianh · 17 Apr 2019 at 23:54

I live in a desert backwater without much light pollution and often head further out into the desert and the night skies are phenomenal!

BlueMerle · 18 Apr 2019 at 00:00

In my 20's while on leave from the USAF a buddy and me went on a 30 day driving trip. We planned on camping as much as possible to save money. Our first night on the road we were up in the mountains of Colorado, in the middle of nowhere. We found a campsite and since it was August and the weather was good we didn't bother with a tent.

I will never forget lying on top of a sleeping bag and staring at the night sky. Pure magic!

wez130 · 18 Apr 2019 at 03:16

I'm lucky to live in one of the best parts of the world for star gazing, i'm about 10 miles away from this place...

https://www.greatbarrier.co.nz/great-skies/

I see the milky way pretty easily most nights now. (When it's clear anyway)

Greebo · 18 Apr 2019 at 07:53

I knew you would appear Wez and Trump is all. The skies are amazing in NZ