Thread: Visual Limiting Magnitude
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Old 12-11-2004, 06:09 AM
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Question Visual Limiting Magnitude
How do you determine the limiting magnitude of the sky at your house or your observing location?

I've never bothered to really actually consider it at my house and to work out a true and tested value.. I know that after 10 minutes of dark adaptation I can see the clouds of the milky way, but I also know that at my dark sky sight (25 minutes drive out west) I can see TONNES more stars and milky way clouds..

So, what do you use as your tried and tested method to determine the limiting magnitude?
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