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"that mythical milky way isn't part of the view at all." Light pollution! I see it from here. Look me up on a map: Waitati, Otago, Aotearoa. The milky way i
by worik 6y ago
"that mythical milky way isn't part of the view at all."
Light pollution!
I see it from here. Look me up on a map: Waitati, Otago, Aotearoa.
The milky way is spray painted across the sky. I wonder what you mean? Is the light pollution in the cities far from you bad enough to obliterate that?
In a 200 mile radius of me there are probably not half a million people, concentrated in one direction, and a city of 120,000 fifteen miles away across a thousand foot high mountain. Seems odd to me I can see it and you cannot. Is it more visible in the Southern Hemisphere?
I go out most ever night. If it is clear I look at the stars, usually one, at random.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoI think you misunderstood me. I can see the milky way easily and clearly. We have very little light pollution. But it's nothing like a long-exposure photo of the milky way, as seen here: https://www.google.com/search?q=milky+way&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=milky+way&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=is...
- pikelet 6y agoIt's not as vivid as that, but I've certainly been in areas where you can see that same milky glow (also in Aotearoa).
- saberdancer 6y agoI doubt this can be seen anywhere in the world. They are using long exposure (and probably post processing) for a reason. You are probably seeing a decent sky. Did you try observing after strong rain or winds? Do you have any light nearby? For perfect viewing you need clear sky after rain with no moon and far from any source of light.
- mikedilger 6y agoIt's more visible in the Southern Hemisphere. I see it clearly, and I'm only 10km from Palmerston North which puts out a lot of light. I've seen it from remote ocean, and more remote parts of NZ, and it never looks like those colorful long exposure photographs. Instead it barely has any color, but certainly has billows of tiny black clouds obscuring uncountable infinitely close stars that look like milk.