-=> On 07-27-18 00:35, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 TL> Depends where you are, Mars gets up pretty high in the sky here ATM.

 MvV> Of course. It is winter in your neck of the woods. In Summer the sun is
 MvV> high in the sky and the moon is low. In winter it is the other way
 MvV> around...

Yep, we're currently in the box seat for astronomy here. :)

 MvV> The Netherlands is not such a great place for astronomy any more. If
 MvV> there are no clouds, there is lots of scattered light, and lots of
 MvV> "light noise" from aircraft. In te 60ties it was still bearable. Now
 MvV> you are lucky if you can see the Pleiades.

Even though I'm in town, the light pollution is actually not too bad - nothing
like the big city, and to find a good dark sky site is easy, 20 minutes drive
will do the trick. :)


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