Can someone give me some simple tests to get an estimate - probably a set of increasingly fainter stars/objects that are easy to "locate" and see or not see as the darkness permits.
I've looked at some detailed stuff:-
http://www.imo.net/visual/major/observation/lm No, too much information
I read in an earlier thread, a few suggestions for some limits in quite dark conditions:- Eg. seeing NGC 2808 (a 6.2 mag glob) in Carina and seeing the one lone star (SAO252046, mag 6.5) within the Coal Sack Nebula.
How about a set of steps from, say, seeing four stars of Crux, down to objects around mag 6.5?
Why do I ask? I'm just about to move from big city suburbia to a country town whose population is about 10% of my current suburb only (but within ready access to the big smoke - job not changing)! A quick look suggests I might get in some good viewing from the backyard of my new place. I'd like to properly compare the difference.
Thanks in advance
