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From: Brad Morris
Date: 2013 Feb 28, 13:11 -0500
I had occasion to visit Melbourne Australia twice on business. I also ventured away from the city to observe the southern sky, albeit by eye. I observed near Bells Beach, a world famous surfing spot. Bells is fairly rural, with low light pollution.
Using my sky scout, I went down the list of navigable stars, observing one after the other. The light from the stars was quite impressive. The Milky Way was evident by eye, I didn't need aids to see it.
Brad
Hi Frank,
You may be correct. I've only spent a short time in the Southern Hemisphere and didn't know to look for the Magellanic Clouds until after I was back home in Georgia. I based my comment on the envy of the stargazers who had never seen them and looking at Terrasto.com and the 20 inch or so Light Bucket that the photographer had. I saw that he was near Melbourne where it was not DARK. My assumption was that either he could instantaneously gather more light than a human eye or that the 20 inch scope x time would allow his camera to see what I wouldn't. So much for assumptions.Now I just need to arrange a fact finding trip to Australia.
Regards, Noell
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