And all the stars were crashing round

[sovay]

I just walked out through the dead leaves in the side yard and looked for the exploding comet with a pair of binoculars, but I didn't need them: it's a diffuse, distinct halo of light below Perseus, triangulated with Mirfak (Alpha Persei) and Delta Persei. This is wonderful.

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[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Not a hope. I can barely make Orion out. Maybe as it westers? The light
pollution is fierce looking east toward the city.

Damn.

Nine

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Yes! Like a tiny round erasure near Mirfak; like the full moon through the wrong end of a spyglass, veiled in cloud. Unstarlike.

But I needed binoculars.

Nine

[sovay]

ike a tiny round erasure near Mirfak; like the full moon through the wrong end of a spyglass, veiled in cloud.

Isn't it awesome?

But I needed binoculars.

You have more light pollution. Under no stretch of the definition does Lexington qualify as rural, but at least there are fewer streetlights on our block than there used to be.