Yes, I've experienced a night with a limiting mag of 7.6 I've never forgotten it. It was April/May and around 3am the Sagittarius region of the Milky Way was directly overhead. The dust lanes were black, compared to the background glow of the sky away from the star clouds and it looked like I could just reach up and pull the Milky Way apart to see what was beyond... Don't see nights like to often.
