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EtherealDeath
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![[image loading]](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tripocd.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/milky-way-star-gazing-grand-tetons.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tripocd.com/2010/04/star-gazing-in-grand-teton-national-park/&usg=__XqREVdPl-sGRdakLv89YY0RoGZs=&h=889&w=900&sz=343&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=cB8ECpwwrAFFJM:&tbnh=149&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgrand%2Bteton%2Bnational%2Bpark%2Bnight%2Bsky%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D587%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=785&ei=tplhTPbwGMPflgfr1djCAw&oei=tplhTPbwGMPflgfr1djCAw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=73&ty=81) Preference is that it is as close to North Carolina as possible. I've heard that a stretch of US17 past Elizabeth City is a good place to view it. What would be nice is if the Appalachians nearby have a good viewing spot. I'll upload pics if a good spot is found, cause we'll be going there!  | ||
micronesia
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Why are you doing this? Fun? School? Other? | ||
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EtherealDeath
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edit: for fun. Friend didn't believe you can see the milky way with the naked eye. edit2: but Creswell will have rainy /cloudy weather for the near future. fml. | ||
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Badjas
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If you have a cardboard tube you can look through that up in the sky and if you let your eye get adjusted, it is somewhat of an improvement but: - it is horribly uncomfortable - it is very limited in aid Anyone has an experience with a better method akin the cardboard tube? (aka shielding the very local light pollution) | ||
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EtherealDeath
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EtherealDeath
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Humidity was relatively high (meh), but there weren't many clouds at all, so that was good. I suppose the ambient light around the area has increased in the last decade, but the light was still restricted to the area around the horizon. Overhead we could see LOTS of stars, the milky way, could see the dark nebula/dust clouds, the center of the galaxy, etc. We even saw a few meteors, and possibly some satellites. There was this object that was relatively bright and non circular (maybe just atmospheric effect?) that was moving slowly, so at first we thought it was the ISS, but then it was moving too slowly perhaps for that... maybe another satellite! One of my roommates was like WOW WTF because he didn't believe you could see the galaxy from earth. In fact he thought all the google images I provided were either photoshopped or from space. My oh my was he surprised... Creswell really is a good location (in terms of NC). Go to the dock @ the national park if you want a relatively good place to view the heavens. It's even stranger because you can see pretty much all the way to the horizon (only a couple trees in one direction), so it's an uninterrupted view. The lights are from lighthouses far away, so there is a kind of light emanating all over the horizon, going up a bit, but straight up in a large cone is nothing but galaxy and stars. The combination makes for a really breathtaking effect. Definitely a recommended place. Too bad our cameras sucked to much to detect anything  . Bad cameras.... bad.... | ||
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