Saturn in opposition and Stellarium

[fredtoast]

(06-03-2016, 01:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I have camped way out in the middle of nowhere in Utah and Colorado.  The night sky is unbelievable in places like that even without a telescope.

(06-07-2016, 09:48 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: The clearest and brightest sky I've ever seen was when I was on border patrol in Sasabe, Arizona. 

There's a big difference between the city and the country. Take that difference and multiply it by 3. That was the Arizona desert.

I guess that's why so many telescopes are in AZ.

Not sure, but I think the low humidity out west also has something to do with the brilliance of the night sky.

The clearest I can remember was in the Canyonlands.  If you just laid back and watched the sky you would see a shooting star every few minutes, and that was every night, not just during a meteor shower.