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Old 03-03-2011, 09:10 AM
ArcturusMDS (Darren)
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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
Darren, we'd have trouble beating that for most of the year. There is too much light from the Milky Way and any dust scatter spreads that around. For example, the sky around Crux only gets down to about 21.

Andrew
Well you can't complain much if it's the Milky Way causing the bad readings can you

I've never been anywhere that dark myself so I can't comment. I've got to drive for a couple of hours to get a decent view of the Milky Way. My 13 year old son still hasn't seen it properly.
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