Wondering if anyone can help me out with some ideas or even tell me if I have a real problem.
Until two days ago I was blessed with a backyard that gave me very dark skies. I live on the edge of a small town and the skies are glorious.
However last night my backyard was a blaze of light, next door has converted to a Bed & Breakfast, and put in a carpark alongsied my backyard, and have put permanent lighting posts in (about six of them) about 4ft off the ground. They have also put outdoor lighting on all of the outside doors. Another six lights about 10ft off the ground. They are on 24hrs. I asked them this morning if they would consider putting them on a sensor light setup, or turn them off at midnight, but they firmly said no.
My night sky now appears completely washed out. My question is, does it just look washed out because of my now destroyed night vision, but would still be 'dark skies' for astrophotography, or even visual if I built an enclosure/observatory to sit in, or am I stuffed?
I was about to pull the trigger on a C14 setup and go semi permanent in the back yard, but now I'm not sure
