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What do the stars look like where you live? Can you see the Milky Way? If so, how clearly?

*sigh* I'm dying to stargaze in a good location (impossible to do in Orlando). I'm someone who's been in love with space for longer than she can remember, yet I've only seen the Milky Way once, and that was when I was 9. I did enjoy it and appreciate it, but I wasn't old enough to truly appreciate it like I would now. And the sky's the best during the Winter, and Winter break is the only time I have to really go to places... Winter break just started. I'm really wondering just where I could go... even if it's for a couple of days...

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wraithorn

I live in a rural area next to the Southern Drakensberg mountains in S.Africa and there are very few lights nearby at night so on a clear night the stars are quite spectacular. You need to get far from the city lights somewhere.

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TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

They would, but my dad's in a foreign country and my mom's not one to drive out. Money's not an issue with us. It's just that my family's rather dysfunctional, especially now.

wraithorn

Sheesh...well...you'll have to use that mathematical mind of yours to work things out and make a plan.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

I do hope I can observe space eventually...

LadyGiselle

I can see it fairly well from here because I live in a rural area. We also have a few observatories around that have nights where you can go and look if you want to. I live in Australia though so WA and NT get really good images of the Milky Way

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Oh so lucky! You also get to see the Magellanic clouds xP

LadyGiselle

Yes I can see them from here which is awesome

ozgirl256

I was once in Alice Springs and of a night out is just gob smacking... It truly is a sea of stars that girdle the heavens ... Get he to the country girl, take a tripod and a camera with a B setting (bulb) for exposure

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

I was in Alice Springs once, but that was after a really bad experience in the middle of the Outback, and all of us were too tired to pay attention to the stars. Well, wait. I do have a memory of me looking out at the stars and watching the sky. Maybe if I had gotten down and my eyes adjusted, I'd have seen the Milky Way.

Far as the photography, I've been doing exactly that minus the country part. Except my brother lost the damned CF card before I could transfer it, so many space pictures are now lost.

ozgirl256

I don't have a brother but I believe they are like that :)

tarara0414

I am fairly close to a big city so there is a lot of light pollution. The sky is never black, only a brownish color. I can see a few stars at night, but really only the very bright ones.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Same here :S

FRS128

When I lived in Maine yes although it came in slowly as the eyes adjusted but now that I live in Ca I cant see shit

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Oh that's so sad :c

TheBadgeringWitness

I can't see the stars unless I drive far enough from town.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Same here... unless I go out long after midnight, I can't really see the stars...

TheBadgeringWitness

That sucks. :/
It's nice getting away from the city, though, and seeing many stars dot the sky after not being able to see them for a while.

AlpineBeast

I can see stars, planets, and the Andromeda Galaxy where I live. It's pretty amazing.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

I dream of seeing Andromeda one day... :S

lederman

cant see stars where I live

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

So sad :c

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