Can you see the Milky Way now where you live?

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<p>Just wondering who can see can see it now clearly and where. I never saw it until spending a summer visit in Northern Vermont. Most magnificent sight. White road down center of the sky. I think of it every summer. Who else has a good view? Thank you.</p>

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<p>yep, 3 miles west of Salem, OR</p>

<p>even better 50 miles west of above but at sealevel.</p>

<p>better still 150 miles east of above and at el 4000 ft
<a href=“http://www.oregonstarparty.org/2005overview.htm[/url]”>http://www.oregonstarparty.org/2005overview.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yep. Most nights. I have a small amount of ambient light to my east . Other than that , it gets black as pitch.</p>

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<p>Not me. I’m in Alaska. Doesn’t get dark enough! Wait a few weeks, though, and we can see every star twinkling “like a diamond in the sky.” With auroras, too! And the satellites criss-crossing the night sky, too! Lovely!</p>

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<p>wow…</p>

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<p>We live a mile from Newark and ten miles from NYC. My amateur astronomer H and S bemoan the light pollution whenever we get the telescope out. Can hardly see the stars.</p>

<p>Whenever we go out to west Jersey or used to visit FIL in Vermont, we would enjoy the Milky Way. It’s beautiful, isn’t it.</p>

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<p>If you like star gazing, plan to visit the Big Island of Hawaii. The street lights are orange so they reduce light polution for the telescopes on top of Mauna Kea. The location of the island allows you to see about 80% of the constellations. You can see the big dipper and the southern cross in the same night sky. I love stars.</p>

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<p>Yep, on clear nights it gets quite dark. On cloudy nights we get a lot of reflected light so it is actually brighter out.</p>

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<p>Well, they say Texas is big sky country.Must be beautiful . Just wondering what mont is best for visiting Texas? Thanks.</p>

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<p>I’d say spring, when the wildflowers are peaking. Our version of fall colors. Another big hint is to only visit in a month with a “R” in it. (Although May CAN be nice.)</p>

<p>The very best place I’ve ever viewed stars? The Southwestern desert mountains. New Mexico’s Gila wilderness or Guadalupe Peak in far west Texas. Unbelievable.</p>

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<p>Either April for the wildflowers or October. I’m a big fan of fall and Indian summer. Fall usually gives us warm 80 degree days and cool nights, relatively low humidity. Quite often lasts until Thanksgiving.</p>

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<p>I see it’s already been said, but I had never seen the Milky Way until my first trip to Hawaii’s Big Island. What a joy that was!</p>

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<p>Wow.
About Texas, what is that large area like, the area where Texas meets Mexico? When they speak of Illegals they always mention New Mexico or Arizonia. But what about that huge area of Texas? What is that area like?</p>