Stargazing

[wyoDreamer]

My sister used a constellation app on her android when they were camping in the mountains if Idaho. The kids loved it. In fact, her youngest has graduated from college and my sister is still using the app whenever she is up in the mountains overnight.

 

[flowerbug]

where we are at now isn't too bad, especially in the middle of winter on a clear cold night.

when i was up north the beach along Lake Superior was a great place to go. until then i hadn't seen the Milky Way as clearly.

 

[CrealCritter]

where we are at now isn't too bad, especially in the middle of winter on a clear cold night.

when i was up north the beach along Lake Superior was a great place to go. until then i hadn't seen the Milky Way as clearly.

On a clear night all times of the year. I step out my front door, walk less than 30 ft to the other side of my work shop facing East and look up. There is the milky way in all its Glory. I live in the middle of nowhere and have no light pollution, except for what I generate myself.

My son brought one of his co-workers out here to drop off some logs to saw. He said "what part of the world are we in right here?" He was completely lost and didn't know where he was -:lol. We are not even on GPS and I like it that way

 

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[Hinotori]

We're too cloudy much of the year. They sky glows in the direction of Puyallup and Tacoma so no stars that way even on a clear night. No other house really close enough to our house to interfere with stargazing. We don't keep lights on outside at night

 

[Mini Horses]

I don't have much in the way of light pollution by me. Only outside lights here is one I keep on in the barn, at the end by the open access door for the one horse and the goat family using those 2 stalls. I had a young skunk that wanted to use the barn, too. The light at night kept it out. I'm sure it's retrained by now but, still it's left on. Past couple months I've had several nights getting home from work at dark & it's just easier to feed them with it on.

Tonight would be a good star night here -- clear, dark of moon and all.

 

[wyoDreamer]

We are too close to the small, local airport to do any real stargazing.
I didn't know how close we really were until they clear cut the land around the airport, now we see the flashing light all night...

 

[FarmerJamie]

I love visiting Colorado. West of Colorado springs, west of the front range, near Hartsel. I never knew the milky way was so bright

 

[wyoDreamer]

I lived about 15 miles west of Cheyenne, WY for 8 years. Right on the eastern face of the "mountains", about 1400 feet above Cheyenne. Even though I was higher than the city and a fair distance away, I think we had better stargazing in Northern Wisconsin.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I know very few constellations because literature we had growing up was northern hemisphere focused and mostly useless to me in the southern hemisphere

That would tend to be a problem! Hope you can find more suitable maps!