Submitted by ConfidentLo t3_yeh7v5 in space
gm310509 t1_ity4f2k wrote
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If you live near a remote area, drive out there on a moon less night and have a look If you can get away from city lights and just stare up, you will see how black it is and the longer you stay there the more you will see.
If you are lucky, you will see shooting stars, maybe satellites (they are like shooting stars but much slower and do not blink like planes do) and maybe even what look like clouds starting to form but do not really move or change - that last one is all of the stars in our galaxy. If you have binoculars, look at the cloud or even individual stars and you will see them expand into clusters of stars!
Macktologist t1_ity550r wrote
My favorite is when you’re out camping somewhere away from lights and know where to look for star clusters or other DSOs and you can perceive them until you look directly at them because of the whole rods and cones eye thing.
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