Well, I finally remembered to bring my 10x50 binoculars up for a night hop. It was clear and seeing was good. But it didn't work out. The canopy on my trusty F/A-18 caused enough refraction to give double images of everything. The vibrations from the engines prevented any steady viewing as well. When I viewed Saturn, there were 2 of them bouncing all over the place.
Limiting naked eye magnitude was only 6.5. This is fairly consistent mostly due to urban lighting from below limiting my dark adaptation. I'm going to head out over the Atlantic next time and see if that improves the LNEM.
The view on night vision goggles is still amazing. Limiting magnitude with them is 9.3ish. There are a lot of stars up there.
Clear skies,
Tom
Limiting naked eye magnitude was only 6.5. This is fairly consistent mostly due to urban lighting from below limiting my dark adaptation. I'm going to head out over the Atlantic next time and see if that improves the LNEM.
The view on night vision goggles is still amazing. Limiting magnitude with them is 9.3ish. There are a lot of stars up there.
Clear skies,
Tom
