Re: Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?

In article <MPG.19737de438882f2298968e@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk>, #MK wrote:
>
> Hi!
> Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I
> mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye,
>
> and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light
> pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be
> seen
> in this area!]?
<snip>

I live in Stourbridge (Western edge of West Mids) and light pollution is
intense.

In my experience, you'll need to go 30 or 40 miles west of me (i.e. beyond
Telford or Bewdley) to get anything like Dark sky.

Mid Wales of course is even better, but 2-3 hours either way.

HTH
--
Jon
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I'm in Mid Wales a few miles west of Welshpool. It is possible to get from
the middle of Brum to here in about one hour given almost zero traffic and a
car with a bit of poke. We have done it a few times around 0:300. During
commuting hours you can double that.

Skies around here are generally excellent with only faint light domes
visible in the directions of Shrewsbury to the west and Oswestry to the
north. Last night we had glorious naked eye views of the Milky Way and Mars
at about 03:30 just before dawn. Pity I was too tired to go get the scope
out. However, the village here is a different story. A year or two back the
local authority erected a couple of dozen high pressure sodium lamps around
a local narrow bridge and it is now as bright as daylight here after
lighting up time. Astronomy from our garden is now out of the question but
at least I can get good skies without driving more than a couple of miles.

Sally

"Jon Rogers" <see_my.sig@end_of.message> wrote in message
news:slrnbgjpa6.89u.see_my.sig@viking.cathcart...
> In article <MPG.19737de438882f2298968e@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk>, #MK
wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I
> > mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked
eye,
> >
> > and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light
> > pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be
> > seen
> > in this area!]?
> <snip>
>
> I live in Stourbridge (Western edge of West Mids) and light pollution is
> intense.
>
> In my experience, you'll need to go 30 or 40 miles west of me (i.e. beyond
> Telford or Bewdley) to get anything like Dark sky.
>
> Mid Wales of course is even better, but 2-3 hours either way.
>
>
> HTH
> --
> Jon
> ____________________________________________
> jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom
> ============================================

	#1
Jon Rogers	Re: Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham? In article <MPG.19737de438882f2298968e@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk>, #MK wrote: > > Hi! > Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I > mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye, > > and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light > pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be > seen > in this area!]? <snip> I live in Stourbridge (Western edge of West Mids) and light pollution is intense. In my experience, you'll need to go 30 or 40 miles west of me (i.e. beyond Telford or Bewdley) to get anything like Dark sky. Mid Wales of course is even better, but 2-3 hours either way. HTH -- Jon ____________________________________________ jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom ============================================

	#2
Sally	Re: Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham? I'm in Mid Wales a few miles west of Welshpool. It is possible to get from the middle of Brum to here in about one hour given almost zero traffic and a car with a bit of poke. We have done it a few times around 0:300. During commuting hours you can double that. Skies around here are generally excellent with only faint light domes visible in the directions of Shrewsbury to the west and Oswestry to the north. Last night we had glorious naked eye views of the Milky Way and Mars at about 03:30 just before dawn. Pity I was too tired to go get the scope out. However, the village here is a different story. A year or two back the local authority erected a couple of dozen high pressure sodium lamps around a local narrow bridge and it is now as bright as daylight here after lighting up time. Astronomy from our garden is now out of the question but at least I can get good skies without driving more than a couple of miles. Sally "Jon Rogers" <see_my.sig@end_of.message> wrote in message news:slrnbgjpa6.89u.see_my.sig@viking.cathcart... > In article <MPG.19737de438882f2298968e@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk>, #MK wrote: > > > > Hi! > > Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I > > mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye, > > > > and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light > > pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be > > seen > > in this area!]? > <snip> > > I live in Stourbridge (Western edge of West Mids) and light pollution is > intense. > > In my experience, you'll need to go 30 or 40 miles west of me (i.e. beyond > Telford or Bewdley) to get anything like Dark sky. > > Mid Wales of course is even better, but 2-3 hours either way. > > > HTH > -- > Jon > ____________________________________________ > jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom > ============================================