In the days when astronomical entities were being named, you could actually see them from the ground. Good luck doing so nowadays with modern light pollution. This (too) brief time-lapse footage was shot from an observatory atop a Hawaiian volcano. (Best watched fullscreen)
It's a little more light than the naked eye could detect but not by much. I miss the stars. I no longer own a telescope as it became useless except for the moon. Heck, I remember being able to just lay down, look up and be able to spot satellites.
I got very interested in astronomy as a kid, and my father dug into it with me. We'd go up to the roof of our six-story apartment building in the middle of Manhattan and stargaze like mad. This would have been in the early 1950s.
It's a little more light than the naked eye could detect but not by much.
ReplyDeleteI miss the stars. I no longer own a telescope as it became useless except for the moon. Heck, I remember being able to just lay down, look up and be able to spot satellites.
I got very interested in astronomy as a kid, and my father dug into it with me. We'd go up to the roof of our six-story apartment building in the middle of Manhattan and stargaze like mad. This would have been in the early 1950s.
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