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In my opinion the Southern skies are far more impressive than the Northern skies in both bright stars and deep space objects.
If you are a skywatcher from the Northern Hemisphere and happen to be in the SH somewhere between 20º-35ºS around february, you have got a great opportunity to enjoy the best possible sky staying all night long in a dark area. Especially there is a sector around Carina and Crux, where the three crosses are found (Southern Cross + False Cross + Diamond Cross) which I believe it must be the most spectacular one of the whole sky. Then, before the dawn, you can see the Milky Way overhead, spread from a setting Orion to a rising Scorpius, throughout most of the best constellations.
Even in very light polluted urban skies there are usually more 1st and 2nd magnitude stars to point out.
I think the southern skies are more spectacular. The sky in Australia appears more open, bright and clear due to less cloud cover. I know when I was in Ireland the sky was mostly always covered in clouds and at night was ink black.
I agree that the southern hemisphere sky is much more impressive. I went camping in the outback of Australia not far from Alice Springs and the amount and brightness of the stars just blew me away. This I'm sure is caused by way less pollution in the Southern hemisphere.
I think the southern skies are more spectacular. The sky in Australia appears more open, bright and clear due to less cloud cover. I know when I was in Ireland the sky was mostly always covered in clouds and at night was ink black.
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Originally Posted by deneb78
I agree that the southern hemisphere sky is much more impressive. I went camping in the outback of Australia not far from Alice Springs and the amount and brightness of the stars just blew me away. This I'm sure is caused by way less pollution in the Southern hemisphere.
This may also have something to do with being being in the outback which is a desert and away from light pollution. The Mojave Desert in California also has an impressive night sky.
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