Breathtaking Stars

[allenlondon]

This from you tube:



It's the night sky over Nevada. If you haven't the patience to wait, wind in to the 2 hour mark, turn off your lights, and be prepared to be left breathless.

What a sight. The uncountable stars - and round here (North London) a couple of years ago, on a 'clear' night, I counted about 20.

Share, and enjoy.

Allen.

[allenlondon]

Have to bounce this, as it’d be a shame if the link wasn’t publicised!

[10ClarionSt]

Nice. However, the RAS reckon that over 90% of children in this country have never actually seen the Milky Way, (except perhaps to guzzle them down!). This is due to light pollution. Very few places in the UK are now "light pollution free". Keilder Forest and Exmoor are the best places to go

[allenlondon]

I've seen the Milky Way, but only half-a-dozen times - once, amazingly, in Romford, in the 1950s!

You're right to highlight children's impoverishment in this way - a bit like coinage(!) - when I was a kid, I learnt about British royalty from the pennies that I used (Victoria onwards).

I never will see the stars again - too difficult to transport my aged body to remote Keilder or Exmoor - so I am really grateful to modern technology (such as You Tube) for giving me a chance to experience them again.

A

[10ClarionSt]

I have a 10" reflector that I use occasionally but being in Manchester doesn't give much chance for decent observing. I still use it though. Here's something from earlier in the year that I witnessed whilst looking for a meteor shower. I saw a point of light emerge from the South Western sky and travel in a North Easterly direction. It had no flashing lights, wasn't breaking up as meteors do with a burning tail and had no sound. It travelled right accross the sky and disappeared from view, all inside three seconds. That is some speed! I wrote to Jodrell Bank to ask if they could give any information about it and had anyone else seen it, but I didn't get a reply. So what was it? What could travel right accross the sky at that speed? I don't know. Still don't.

[allenlondon]

Blimey. One of those ‘If only my camera had been on/focussed/etc’ moments.

There are a few odd lines on the Nevada film, but probably only meteors or satellites.