Saturn in opposition and Stellarium

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(06-09-2016, 12:39 AM)fredtoast Wrote: 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.

I wasn't sure if humidity affects the view of the night sky but assumed so.  I just looked it up and it appears that is indeed the case.  The only two places in AZ I've had the opportunity to star gaze were in Flagstaff and Tucson.  Tucson is a populated area and it shows.  In Flagstaff I was more interested in what was going on inside the hotel room so I gladly missed that opportunity.  But the daytime sky in the Grand Canyon is impressive.