2021-04-14, 10:18 AM
(2021-04-14, 10:08 AM)MojaveGeek Wrote: Well don't forget that data is only light pollution. I would not be surprised if your HI house has higher humidity and more water vapor in the sky = decreased visibility. Maybe that's the factor. Once I slept up in Arcane Meadows near Telescope and was rather surprised by the light from both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. OTOH, the northern end of the Eureka valley was so dark that I could walk around (light colored ground, dark creosote bushes) easily by the starlight alone on a moonless night.
Excellent point on humidity / water vapor. We are on the rainy side of Hawaii island, averaging 150 inches of rain a year. Humidity is a constant; 70-95%.
David Bricker / SYR
DV Rat. Live upstate NY, play Death Valley, retiring to Hawaii. '95 Cherokee, barely.