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Originally Posted by vespine
What you do is point the telescope at a part of the sky and move it around to appreciate just how 'empty' large portions of the sky are, when you look around you can spend a long time looking at literally NOTHING! So then when you DO come across something you definitely know you aren't just seeing an "average" bit of the sky.
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That is normally not correct except when you are using the smallest of telescopes under some of the most light polluted skies. Unless it is within a few days of a full Moon, I can point my scope anywhere in the sky and see plenty stars in the field of view. And that's from my light polluted backyard. When I go for a drive out of the city, the field of view is full of lots of stars, where ever I point the scope.
Good tip about Carina between the Cross and the False Cross. Lots of bright DSOs there.
