How much difference does a dark site make?

middy · #1 25-05-2006, 10:02 AM

The wide field shots I take in my back yard in suburban Brisbane peak at mag 10 stars. How much lower could I expect to get at a dark site out of the city?

janoskiss · #2 25-05-2006, 10:43 AM

mag 12

middy · #3 25-05-2006, 12:43 PM

Cheers

ving (David) · #4 25-05-2006, 01:18 PM

and visually a huge difference!

h0ughy (David) · #5 25-05-2006, 01:40 PM

I found that there were too many things to look at, didn't know where I was because there were so many stars.

iceman (Mike) · #6 25-05-2006, 02:10 PM

For widefield photography, it makes a HUGE difference. Much richer clusters and dust clouds in the milky way.

ving (David) · #7 25-05-2006, 02:17 PM

houghy is right, my first trip to a dark site i found myself lost, there were just SOOOOO MANY STARS!!! I looked for orion which is pretty easy to spot and it was filled with so many stars i had problems distinguishing it... i was very new to telescopes at the time tho