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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 363144" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Hard to answer precisely, other than to say July may be the best month in the US, when the best part of Milky Way is highest in the sky in early evening. It is always up there, almost any month, but the sky rotation from eastern horizon to western horizon takes 12 hours, so where it is will vary, low or high, in East or high in center, or in the West. So a couple of months either way works, but months change the time of night is best height. We see two parts, in summer looking in at center, or in winter looking out at edge. The best part (center of the business) is in constellation Sagittarius, fairly low in the south in the summer. Maybe November in the winter, but summer is better. Avoid times when the moon is up.</p><p></p><p>Here is the overall idea: <a href="http://twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3001899" target="_blank">"The Milky Way: Winter vs. Summer" by Kwon O Chul (TWAN)</a></p><p></p><p>Those are fisheye horizon to horizon pictures, winter left, and summer right. And the sky rotates all night, east to west. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Probably the best advice would be to spend $10 on this:</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Night-30%C2%B0-40%C2%B0-Large-North-Latitude/dp/0961320753" target="_blank">The Night Sky 30°-40° (Large; North Latitude): David S. Chandler, David Chandler Company, Milky Way by Don Davis: 9780961320751: Amazon.com: Books</a></p><p></p><p>It's a little like a circular slide rule, to be used to find things when out star gazing. The darker blue streak seen is the Milky Way. A star map, based on the clock. There are more detailed maps, but this tool rotates and computes and shows what is up there overhead at any month and hour. It shows the sky you can see - hold it overhead, and it shows what is where. You can learn to use it at home from the stars you CAN see. Big Bend latitude is about 29 degrees, so this should work fine. You need to be out where it is pretty dark to see everything well... like a couple hundred miles from any large metropolitan area. Maybe only 10 or 20 miles from a smaller town, unless a metropolitan area is nearby. But you can't overlook the Milky Way in a dark sky... instead, you duck so your head won't bump it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 363144, member: 12496"] Hard to answer precisely, other than to say July may be the best month in the US, when the best part of Milky Way is highest in the sky in early evening. It is always up there, almost any month, but the sky rotation from eastern horizon to western horizon takes 12 hours, so where it is will vary, low or high, in East or high in center, or in the West. So a couple of months either way works, but months change the time of night is best height. We see two parts, in summer looking in at center, or in winter looking out at edge. The best part (center of the business) is in constellation Sagittarius, fairly low in the south in the summer. Maybe November in the winter, but summer is better. Avoid times when the moon is up. Here is the overall idea: [URL="http://twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3001899"]"The Milky Way: Winter vs. Summer" by Kwon O Chul (TWAN)[/URL] Those are fisheye horizon to horizon pictures, winter left, and summer right. And the sky rotates all night, east to west. :) Probably the best advice would be to spend $10 on this: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Night-30%C2%B0-40%C2%B0-Large-North-Latitude/dp/0961320753"]The Night Sky 30°-40° (Large; North Latitude): David S. Chandler, David Chandler Company, Milky Way by Don Davis: 9780961320751: Amazon.com: Books[/URL] It's a little like a circular slide rule, to be used to find things when out star gazing. The darker blue streak seen is the Milky Way. A star map, based on the clock. There are more detailed maps, but this tool rotates and computes and shows what is up there overhead at any month and hour. It shows the sky you can see - hold it overhead, and it shows what is where. You can learn to use it at home from the stars you CAN see. Big Bend latitude is about 29 degrees, so this should work fine. You need to be out where it is pretty dark to see everything well... like a couple hundred miles from any large metropolitan area. Maybe only 10 or 20 miles from a smaller town, unless a metropolitan area is nearby. But you can't overlook the Milky Way in a dark sky... instead, you duck so your head won't bump it. :) [/QUOTE]
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