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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
I hope you enjoy your stay Bill. I suppose it's not just the different sky but the transparency, both clarity (light pollution) and aerosols that would be a treat for you as well.
How long are you here for and will you have much of a chance to travel around....reads "outback where it is REALLY dark"  |
So far since arriving Sunday AM I've been through Melbourne (Sun-Tue), Adelaide (Tue-Wed), Sydney (Wed-Th) on to Brisbane tonight, then Byron Bay (Fri-Sat), Sydney (Sun-Tues) and then Auckland (Wed-Friday) and then back to Seattle.
I have a very dark sky location (nothing like the outback I'm sure) in the Cascade Mountains about 2.5 hours east of Seattle. With a 12" dob I can also pull in some decent view including the brighter nebs and galaxies from urban Seattle - when it's not actually raining the rain keeps the air clear albeit the LP you'd expect with 3.5 mil. There's less LP in the western US states as the major cities are much further apart than in the east. I was surprised to as many stars last night from downtown Sydney as I did.