Islander Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Hello folks, greetings from the far north of Britain :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Welcome Islander, there can only be one! Sorry wrong film ? You must have some amazing skies up there, Bortle 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Posted by: @Jkulin You must have some amazing skies up there, Bortle 1?Ditto, welcome to BYA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 @Jkulin I don't know about Bortle1 where I am, but definitely 2 to 3 :) There are some proper dark areas here that probably would be Bortle 1 though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hi and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 @Islander Must be beautiful with your skies, I've done Bortle 3 in France and that was unbelievable, so what yours must like, I bet you can read a newspaper with the light from the Milky Way?BTW talking about bright MW, were you aware that the dung beetle navigates by the light of the MW?I don't suppose you have any dung beetles your way ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 @Jkulin I can't say I've ever tried reading by starlight ? There's very little in the way of light pollution on my skylines and what little there was has been significantly reduced since the council replaced the old sodium discharge lamps with downward illuminating LEDs. I suppose I'm pretty lucky overall although the weather here can be challenging...If I see a swarm of beetles flying along the line of the MW then I'll know what they are :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 @Islander Yeah I imagine its the Ying with the Yang, little to no proper darkness in the summer and then superb skies in the winter, subject to the weather.Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisWright Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick_H Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hi islander, welcome to BYA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Billy Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Lot of Jocks in here!!!! ;-) Failte! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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