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Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?
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Hi! Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye, and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be seen in this area!]? snip I live in Stourbridge (Western edge of West Mids) and light pollution is intense. In my experience, you'll need to go 30 or 40 miles west of me (i.e. beyond Telford or Bewdley) to get anything like Dark sky. Mid Wales of course is even better, but 2-3 hours either way. HTH -- Jon ____________________________________________ jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom ============================================ |
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Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?
I'm in Mid Wales a few miles west of Welshpool. It is possible to get from
the middle of Brum to here in about one hour given almost zero traffic and a car with a bit of poke. We have done it a few times around 0:300. During commuting hours you can double that. Skies around here are generally excellent with only faint light domes visible in the directions of Shrewsbury to the west and Oswestry to the north. Last night we had glorious naked eye views of the Milky Way and Mars at about 03:30 just before dawn. Pity I was too tired to go get the scope out. However, the village here is a different story. A year or two back the local authority erected a couple of dozen high pressure sodium lamps around a local narrow bridge and it is now as bright as daylight here after lighting up time. Astronomy from our garden is now out of the question but at least I can get good skies without driving more than a couple of miles. Sally "Jon Rogers" wrote in message ... In article , #MK wrote: Hi! Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye, and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be seen in this area!]? snip I live in Stourbridge (Western edge of West Mids) and light pollution is intense. In my experience, you'll need to go 30 or 40 miles west of me (i.e. beyond Telford or Bewdley) to get anything like Dark sky. Mid Wales of course is even better, but 2-3 hours either way. HTH -- Jon ____________________________________________ jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom ============================================ |
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Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?
I'm in Mid Wales a few miles west of Welshpool. It is possible to get from
the middle of Brum to here in about one hour given almost zero traffic and a car with a bit of poke. We have done it a few times around 0:300. During commuting hours you can double that. Skies around here are generally excellent with only faint light domes visible in the directions of Shrewsbury to the west and Oswestry to the north. Last night we had glorious naked eye views of the Milky Way and Mars at about 03:30 just before dawn. Pity I was too tired to go get the scope out. However, the village here is a different story. A year or two back the local authority erected a couple of dozen high pressure sodium lamps around a local narrow bridge and it is now as bright as daylight here after lighting up time. Astronomy from our garden is now out of the question but at least I can get good skies without driving more than a couple of miles. Sally "Jon Rogers" wrote in message ... In article , #MK wrote: Hi! Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye, and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be seen in this area!]? snip I live in Stourbridge (Western edge of West Mids) and light pollution is intense. In my experience, you'll need to go 30 or 40 miles west of me (i.e. beyond Telford or Bewdley) to get anything like Dark sky. Mid Wales of course is even better, but 2-3 hours either way. HTH -- Jon ____________________________________________ jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom ============================================ |
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Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?
A few places spring to mind
Clent (the Kidderminster side) Blakedown Worcester (towards Malvern) Malvern (the hills) Hallow (and out towards Hereford) Bewdley Bromyard Wast Hills (Birmingham Uni have their Observatory here...although you need to go when the sports ground isn't in use). All these are within an hour of Birmingham. Email me if you want any more details :-) "#MK" wrote in message ... Hi! Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye, and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be seen in this area!]? This summer, I would like to go out somewhere away from the inner city of Birmingham [Who the hell puts 6 street lights on a small Cul-de-sac? I can see license plates on car at midnight!] where I can actually see constellations, as I would like to be able to recognise 'em [have got star maps, and planispheres] so that I can use a binoculars [and in the future, mebbe a telescope...] to get to stuff with ease in the inner city [as I can see so many stars through my binos, I need guidance by knowing the constellations]. Anyhow, does anyone have any information regarding possible sites [public property, of course?] where one can see quite a bit of the night sky away from city lights, near Birmingham, UK? Much thanks for any information. |
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Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?
A few places spring to mind
Clent (the Kidderminster side) Blakedown Worcester (towards Malvern) Malvern (the hills) Hallow (and out towards Hereford) Bewdley Bromyard Wast Hills (Birmingham Uni have their Observatory here...although you need to go when the sports ground isn't in use). All these are within an hour of Birmingham. Email me if you want any more details :-) "#MK" wrote in message ... Hi! Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye, and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be seen in this area!]? This summer, I would like to go out somewhere away from the inner city of Birmingham [Who the hell puts 6 street lights on a small Cul-de-sac? I can see license plates on car at midnight!] where I can actually see constellations, as I would like to be able to recognise 'em [have got star maps, and planispheres] so that I can use a binoculars [and in the future, mebbe a telescope...] to get to stuff with ease in the inner city [as I can see so many stars through my binos, I need guidance by knowing the constellations]. Anyhow, does anyone have any information regarding possible sites [public property, of course?] where one can see quite a bit of the night sky away from city lights, near Birmingham, UK? Much thanks for any information. |
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Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?
Thanks for the suggestion, folks!
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Dark Sky Sites near Birmingham?
Thanks for the suggestion, folks!
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