tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post2359602041205214286..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Light pollutionMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-36202282908665318242010-10-23T10:06:30.361-05:002010-10-23T10:06:30.361-05:00That chart looks a little pessimistic to me. You c...That chart looks a little pessimistic to me. You can see Jupiter in the city night sky last time I looked up in the city. Light pollution does obscure a lot of the sky. Most of the night sky near me (suburbia with a touch of rural)looks like 3 on the chart but toward the shopping district before midnight and there is a haze that looks like 7-5 on the chart.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-43435085851024622182010-10-23T09:44:22.744-05:002010-10-23T09:44:22.744-05:00Looking at that star chart makes me very sad. I re...Looking at that star chart makes me very sad. I remember stargazing as a child when I could see the Milky Way from our backyard in town. Now I am saddled with 2nd magnitude skies most of the time. Everyone around here is apparently terrified of the dark because most have at least one mercury vapor yard light augmented by a few flood lights. I can easily read a book in my front yard using the neighbor's lights.bigjohn756noreply@blogger.com