Re: Jodrell Bank light pollution simulation

Dear peter,
In a dark sky, you will see with your unaided eye--more than 6000 stars, and
the milky way.
Learn to drive.
best
Penny

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"PSmith9626" <psmith9626@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Dear peter,
> In a dark sky, you will see with your unaided eye--more than 6000 stars,
and
> the milky way.

In the entire sky there are something like 6500 "naked eye" stars. Given the
fact that you can only see half the sky at any one time, and that
atmospheric extinction wipes out faint stars close to the horizon, I doubt
that you could ever see more than, perhaps, 2000-2500 stars at any given
time in even the darkest of skies!

Where do you get your figure of 6000 from?

Curiously,

Chris

PSmith9626 <psmith9626@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Dear peter,
> In a dark sky, you will see with your unaided eye--more than 6000
> stars, and the milky way.
> Learn to drive.

Thanks for the reply Penny. Travelling to a dark site to seek out
those elusive faint galaxies appears to be the answer.

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PSmith9626	Re: Jodrell Bank light pollution simulation - can I expect that in the real sky? Dear peter, In a dark sky, you will see with your unaided eye--more than 6000 stars, and the milky way. Learn to drive. best Penny >Message-id: <3f084a8c$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>

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Chris Marriott	Re: Jodrell Bank light pollution simulation - can I expect that in the real sky? "PSmith9626" <psmith9626@aol.com> wrote in message news:20030706122929.20867.00000231@mb-m05.aol.com... > Dear peter, > In a dark sky, you will see with your unaided eye--more than 6000 stars, and > the milky way. In the entire sky there are something like 6500 "naked eye" stars. Given the fact that you can only see half the sky at any one time, and that atmospheric extinction wipes out faint stars close to the horizon, I doubt that you could ever see more than, perhaps, 2000-2500 stars at any given time in even the darkest of skies! Where do you get your figure of 6000 from? Curiously, Chris

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Peter Johnson	Re: Jodrell Bank light pollution simulation - can I expect that in the real sky? PSmith9626 <psmith9626@aol.com> wrote in message news:20030706122929.20867.00000231@mb-m05.aol.com... > Dear peter, > In a dark sky, you will see with your unaided eye--more than 6000 > stars, and the milky way. > Learn to drive. Thanks for the reply Penny. Travelling to a dark site to seek out those elusive faint galaxies appears to be the answer.