06-03-2016, 09:18 PM
(06-03-2016, 06:15 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Lol, this thread is funny
Anyway, on a clear night where I live, about 30 miles west of downtown Cincinnati and 10-15 miles north of Lawrenceburgh Indiana, I can see the Milky Way. I also can't get over 5mb Highspeed Internet either which sucks to high heaven but that's another topic for another thread.
But back in the 70's in Westwood in Cincinnati, you could see the Milky Way but I doubt you can any longer.
I'm glad you found it funny since parts of my last two posts were in jest. I just re-read and now realize if the "cute" comment didn't connect in a person's mind with some past arguments (which I wasn't involved in) it could have been taken as serious. Hopefully SCS caught that, if not then, well, he is just a rude Steeler fan who is nothing but confrontational and his response was just mean (lol).
The exchange did however prompt me to actually put out something resembling effort. An explanation of the Bortle Scale http://mentalfloss.com/article/25128/quick-10-bortle-dark-sky-scale (apparently searching for certain astronomy terms frequently brings up that Mental Floss site, maybe I should actually check it out). An interactive map that shows a not completely accurate depiction of that scale in the US http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/ It starts on Minneapolis so zoom out and move it around to see other areas.
Bortle scale is very subjective. 3 people can be at the same location on the same night and come up with 3 different numbers. One of those people can return on a different night (but moon in the same phase) and come up with a different number than the first.
As far as where you are Neb, it shows yet a another subjective element. Some say you can't see the Milky Way at higher than 4 but others say it is visible at 6. I do know not much more west than your location I can recall looking toward Cincy and actually seeing the smog over the city, so close enough to see where the city is but far enough out of it to see it.
