17-01-2008, 10:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Walcha , NSW
Posts: 1,652
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RAJAH235
Grab yourself a reasonably good star chart/pooter application & check the star magnitudes for various constellations visible.
Go to 'your dark sky site' & see how many stars you can see in your chosen constellation.
Our little site at Jamberoo is ~mag 5.5/6.0 which is really, really lousy for finding the South Celestial Pole, but by looking at the 'asterisms', & familiarizing yourself with the sky, is easily found.
HTH.
Regs, L..
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You can buy Sky Quality Meters too! Im not sure wether they are accurate though but a lot of people are using them.....im not sure wether Houghy has one or not.
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