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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Couldn’t see shit from my place. Was I looking in the wrong direction? At the wrong time? Or is there just too much light pollution on my street?

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      7 months ago

      Probably too much light pollution. Unless you’re far away from any light it’s difficult to see with the naked eye. Try taking a picture with a long exposure (just a couple seconds should do it). You’ll want to be looking North and they can change in intensity through the night but I was able to get some good photos around 11:30.

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          7 months ago

          Hmm, odd. Must’ve been light pollution, as I was able to pretty clearly see them north, west, east, and right above at around 11:20.

    • Kevin@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      I’m not sure, there was a ton of light pollution where I was at. It was all over the sky in every direction and moved around.

        • Kevin@lemmy.worldOP
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          7 months ago

          After it started getting dark. It was very vivid around 10:30ish to 11:30 or so. I went to sleep after that though, so it might’ve gotten brighter. I was checking periodically earlier but wasn’t seeing anything til it suddenly became visible.

    • khannie@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      It came and went where I was. It was difficult to see with street lights so we went to a nearby football pitch which was dark and could see it then.

      Phones definitely making it look better than the eye sees it.

      Edit: look North