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At the Oregon Star Party! After you eye are dark adapted (an hour) see your shadow on the ground from the light of the Milky Way. https://oregonstarparty.org

by tejtm 5y ago

At the Oregon Star Party! After you eye are dark adapted (an hour) see your shadow on the ground from the light of the Milky Way. https://oregonstarparty.org/ https://oregonstarparty.org/ https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/44.3092/-120.2062&layers=YN https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/44.3092/-120.2062&laye... Perhaps more usefully, contact your local Astronomy clubs. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-clubs-organizations/ https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-clubs-organizations/ https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Astronomy+club+France&t=ffsb&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Astronomy+club+France&t=ffsb&ia=we...

j_walter 5y ago
Central Oregon has some amazing night skies. Went to Hancock Field Station as a kid for astronomy camp and it was incredible.
jniedrauer 5y ago
Rural areas in the PNW are about a 2 on the Bortle scale, and the stars are strikingly vivid. The first time I saw Starlink with my own eyes, I was making an alpine start on Mt St Helens. The cluster of satellites against a backdrop of bright stars was breathtaking, and I got this powerful sense that we were truly conquering the heavens. You could call this another form of light pollution, but it made a pretty big impression on me. It felt more like science fiction than reality.
- emj 5y ago
  I'm guessing there is a local effect of the Bortle scale because when the skies were clear we clearly saw about 30 Starlink sattelites and according to https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ we live in an area with Bortle class 8-9, the algorithm for calculating the Bortle class seems to be a bit work intensive. https://www.handprint.com/ASTRO/bortle.html https://www.handprint.com/ASTRO/bortle.html
  - theowshxhfb 5y ago
    Starling visibility is due to how far up they are and only visible for a while after launch. Once they're in position you shouldn't be able to see them.

by tejtm 5y ago

j_walter 5y ago

Central Oregon has some amazing night skies. Went to Hancock Field Station as a kid for astronomy camp and it was incredible.

jniedrauer 5y ago

Rural areas in the PNW are about a 2 on the Bortle scale, and the stars are strikingly vivid. The first time I saw Starlink with my own eyes, I was making an alpine start on Mt St Helens. The cluster of satellites against a backdrop of bright stars was breathtaking, and I got this powerful sense that we were truly conquering the heavens. You could call this another form of light pollution, but it made a pretty big impression on me. It felt more like science fiction than reality.

emj 5y ago
I'm guessing there is a local effect of the Bortle scale because when the skies were clear we clearly saw about 30 Starlink sattelites and according to https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ we live in an area with Bortle class 8-9, the algorithm for calculating the Bortle class seems to be a bit work intensive. https://www.handprint.com/ASTRO/bortle.html https://www.handprint.com/ASTRO/bortle.html
- theowshxhfb 5y ago
  Starling visibility is due to how far up they are and only visible for a while after launch. Once they're in position you shouldn't be able to see them.