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moonshinegnomie

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10. theres a scale that astronomers use called the bortle scale

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2024, 09:15 AM

May 2024

its a measure of how dark the skies are from 1-10

I live just outside austin in bortle 7+ skies
big bend in west texas is a 1

i shoot from enchanted rock state park about 90 minutes from me sometimes which is a 3

heres another map of how dark the skies are
https://darksitefinder.com/map/?i=/%234/39.00/-98.00

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theres a scale that astronomers use called the bortle scale moonshinegnomie May 2024 #10

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