This is a weirdly universal statement for an anecdotal experience. If one were to go to an actually remote location, many miles from any city, I don’t know of any reason that the stars wouldn’t be visible.
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cloudless@feddit.uk 8 months ago
When I was young I saw the night sky with the milky way clearly visible. I never got the chance to see it again.
I travelled to the top of a remote mountain free of any light pollution or air pollution. It was a dark night with new moon. The sky was completely clear. I still had good eyesight at that time.
The starry night sky was magnificent and mesmerizing.
ech@lemm.ee 8 months ago
cloudless@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Weather (clouds), moonlight.
And the fact that I have responsibilities as an adult, and it is not easy to go to an actually remote location at the right time.
Going to a dark site is not as easy as “just drive an hour from your home.”
Take a look at this: …nasa.gov/…/how-to-find-good-places-to-stargaze/
Patches@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I went from a 9, or even a 10 - because I don’t even see a single star with the hard rock sending up a giant skylight 24/7.
To a 3 and it blows my mind every time I look up at night.
You really do feel connected to the past realizing this is the same sky we’ve had the entire time we’ve been on this planet.
reinei@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Except then you learn that even this “unchanging” sky changed A LOT from the distant past to today!
Like sure most stars where always visible in the sky (always being relative to homo sapiens looking up at the sky and being able to communicate with each other verbally) but their position might have been different…
cloudless@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Most of the stars we see are several thousand light-years away from Earth. That means we are seeing the stars’ past as well.
ech@lemm.ee 8 months ago
So you went to stargaze on a cloudy night and your takeaway is that nobody can see the stars anymore? Yeah, that’s a bizarre conclusion.
cloudless@feddit.uk 8 months ago
If you want to purposefully misunderstand what I said, feel free to do so.
sirico@feddit.uk 8 months ago
It would have been a lot more colourful to your kid eyes too.