How well can you see the stars where you live?

[king of the world]

where i live(small city) i could see some of the brighter stars but for the rest its completely dark. i love looking at the stars(especially if im high). but i never seen the stars like this

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i know if you go out into the country far away from the bright lights you could see it. but i never really had the time for it. im definently going to do so in the future. but anyways how is the view where you live. is it like that pictuce up there or could you barely see the stars.

[Satan666]

On a nice night its like that in the country up here

[Gothen]

Yeah, in most cities, and even towns, its nigh impossible to see that many stars and that clear. The lights of a city are usually so bright that it makes it impossible to see the stars, USUALLY.

But, yeah, in the country it's easy as hell to see stars like that. Where I used to live, in what I refer to a village, a town with 6,000 people, it is really easy to see the stars like that. But, where I live now is a college town, so it's a lot bigger, and seeing the stars here is pretty hard, =(.

I wanted, and still want to be, an astronomer...only problem is, you have to be a genius with math; I'm only a genius in English.

[DreadConches]

Yeah I live in the country and a lot of stars are visible depending on the weather.

[Coelho]

I wanted, and still want to be, an astronomer...only problem is, you have to be a genius with math; I'm only a genius in English.

You dont need be a genius... dont being a complet moron is enough, i tell you... dont abandon your hope before trying, man!
Try it, see if you can stand the hardness of the math, and only give up if you really cant stand it...

Anyway... even if i live in a huge city (10M+ people), i live in a somewhat retired area, so when the weather is dry i can see lots of stars. Even some cloud-like things that are the milky way... of course they are not like that picture, but brilliant enough for being visible.

Once i went to a place in the mountains, and did see the most starry sky i ever seen... it was awesome... like that picture... there was so much stars i couldnt even recognize the constellations... the sky wasnt black, but some very dark grey... i could see the outline of trees framed against the sky... and falling stars... lots of them... if i were given to making wishes for each one i did see, i could have all my problems solved in just one night... That was one of the most amazing nights i ever did see...

[slipknotpsycho]

even tho i live in a small shitty town, hardly at all.. our town isn't very dark, and we live just miles outside houston...

light pollution is a bitch

[MadSativa]

Depends what bar I have been to and how much I have drank.

[weedmaster]

i have the coast 5mins one way and one of the largest forests in england 5mins the other way and on a clear night you can see thousands of stars, very relaxing gazeing at the stars when stoned and hearing the waves crashing against the beach.

[stinkyattic]

I can see them beautifully from my house.
It's in an old, quiet neighborhood that borders on conservation land and then drops down to the confluence of two major rivers.
My house is right at the edge of the neighborhood and I love sitting on my back patio in the evenings and just enjoying the stars and the fireflies.

[Bluntmasterbabe]

I grew up in the country, and spent alot of my child-hood years on my families farm. I remember getting up at 5am and walking down to the barn to feed all of the animals. It was a beautiful sight. You could see the stars awesomely from there...way out in the "cut".

Now I live in the burbs, and you can still see them, just not as well.

[cubensis dk]

If you keep staring at the stars they´ll eventually appear more clear and more will be visible..

Thanks for the reminder.. It´s a long time since i've looked at the stars. :jointsmile:

[king of the world]

i've never seen a shooting star or meteor showers. do they happen often enough that you can see them if you have a clear view of the stars?

[Matt the Funk]

Thats kinda how I see shit if I look hard, but it's not really clearly visible, mostly my imagination. You can't really see too many stars, just the really bright ones.

[higher4hockey]

where i live you'd have to see it to believe it, within half an hour of me is a place called cherry springs, cherry springs boasts the best stargazing the eastern side of the missiissippi. the elevation and remoteness of it make it an ideal place to see the stars.

you cant look at the stars alone, you can, but there are just too many, if you look alone, you're bound to miss a few good ones.

[greatmuta]

I am jealous of the people who can see the stars clearly. I live in a good sized city so it's difficult here to see much. But there are places not too far away that are rural and you can see a lot better. I need to get out of the city more. :jointsmile:

[king of the world]

yea im jealous too.

[rebgirl420]

I live in the boonies and you can see the stars like that all the time. Actually the moon has been this cool orange-ish color lately and its been full. Very, very cool. John's been wanting to buy a good telescope lately too but we've been broke. I think i'll have to remind him of that when he gets home from work this morning.

[CYRAX]

Connecticut sky is full of stars in clusters, some spots have none at all, but there are definetly tons of them to gaze at during night time.

[greatmuta]

Thinking about the stars and all the different planets and the universe is amazing. And when you're high it's mind blowing :pimp::rasta::hippy:

[LIP]

I live in London so i see virtually nothing, however, when im working in norfolk [middle of nowhere] i can see everything - as long as it's a clear sky [obviously]

[Jah420]

i've never seen a shooting star or meteor showers. do they happen often enough that you can see them if you have a clear view of the stars?

You might hear when there's gonna be a meteor shower in a local newspaper.. shooting stars are just luck.. they're not all that rare.. I saw one a few weeks ago.

[LIP]

i've never seen a shooting star or meteor showers. do they happen often enough that you can see them if you have a clear view of the stars?

I remember when i first saw a shooting star. I was in my flight doing drill and everyone else was turned with their backs to it - but i looked round [naughty of me rofl] and saw it, and my flight sgt saw it too. That was the night i almost got hypothermia from marching for 5 hours straight in the rain/hail. It took me 3 days to warm up again.

[beachguy in thongs]

You might hear when there's gonna be a meteor shower in a local newspaper.. shooting stars are just luck.. they're not all that rare.. I saw one a few weeks ago.

I saw 156 meteors, in sixth grade, in that meteor shower, if you're talking about the annual one.

[mauichick]

In San Diego you can just see the bright ones, but I'm moving to Maui in a month and I remember how beautiful it was. I worked on a dinner boat and at night when we were riding in the dingy back to shore, we were in the fucking ocean by an island that has almost no light pollution. It was fucking amazing and I CAN'T WAIT to go back!!!!!!

[Born To Stone]

Well, i live in a small city and i can always see orion's belt, the big dipper and the north star, i see a load more but those are the only ones i recognise soooo........................ :thumbsup:

[MadSativa]

I grew up in the country, and spent alot of my child-hood years on my families farm. I remember getting up at 5am and walking down to the barn to feed all of the animals. It was a beautiful sight. You could see the stars awesomely from there...way out in the "cut".

Now I live in the burbs, and you can still see them, just not as well.

I used to do that too feed the animals and then walk to school huh.......small world its rare to see people like us in the US.

[ghosty]

it depends on what part of the city you're in... some areas are closer to the commerical districts with more lighting and others like in the more residential areas and over by the nature center there's less light pollution so you can see a lot more

[stonedblue]

Here in Las Vegas it is nearly impossible to see any stars because of the lights from all the casinos and street lights

[LIP]

I saw something a bit fucked last night, and i was wondering if any of you might be able to explain it.

It was about 4am today, sitting outside in my girl friends back garden, we was smoking a joint, and looking at the stars [i never realised how fucking amazing they are, and i couldnt imagine how good it'd look without the light pollution.

Anyway, we both saw one big flash, about 5 times the size of a star. It was a quick flash, yellowish in colour. Then about 2 seconds later we saw another, in the exact same spot. It was a clear sky, and it wasnt a plane, thats FOR SURE. That was it, didnt happen again, and we moved out the front to see if it was moving, and it wasnt. They really stuck out though, caught our attention.

I dont think it was shooting stars, well, im positive it wasnt, so i was just wondering if anyone here might have any ideas. Kinda of wierd, coz IF it was a UFO, it's my first. I had my phone in my hand too, i should have taken a video, but i guess i couldnt, it was too quick.