Milky Way

Athlon · Post by **Athlon** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:12 pm

If i were in a dark location (e.g. mersing) where the milky way can usually be seen, will I still be able to see the milky way if there was a full moon?

Meng Lee · Post by **Meng Lee** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:04 pm

You can't see it.

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:18 pm

Hi Meng Lee, I think you still can but barely...this should not be a problem because no one goes to Mersing on a full moon!
cheers

Post by **rcj** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:59 am

with good transparency, you can still see it, possibly only the brightest regions like in Sagittarius area.

Clifford60 · Post by **Clifford60** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:23 am

If the folk tale said that during the 7th days of the 7th lunar month, one can see Vega and Altair with the Milky way running thru them in the old time with no or very low light pollution. Chances is one will be able to see in Mersing condition whether half or full moon. The most important condition is where is the Milky way and the moon. If the moon is right over or very close to the Milky way, forget about it.

alvinsclee · Post by **alvinsclee** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:21 am

Clifford60 wrote:If the folk tale said that during the 7th days of the 7th lunar month, one can see Vega and Altair with the Milky way running thru them in the old time with no or very low light pollution. Chances is one will be able to see in Mersing condition whether half or full moon. The most important condition is where is the Milky way and the moon. If the moon is right over or very close to the Milky way, forget about it.

Saw a faint but visible Milky Way and the two stars mentioned (Vega and Altair) while in Myanmar tour with my wife during December 2006. The constellation of Cygnus was between the stars. My wife saw these for the first time in her life (or maybe she saw them when she was very young and did not know that it was Milky Way with the well-known stars to the Chinese). The moon was slightly less than half but over a quarter. I've never ever been able to see the Sagittarius part of Milky Way clearly in Singapore!