[sac-forum] You know you?re a deep sky person when?

You know you?re a deep sky person when?

1. You consider the moon a major annoyance.
2. You consider Jupiter 'light pollution'.
3. You spend most of your time looking at or for objects you can barely
see.
4. Your favorite objects are objects you can barely see.
5. You enjoy looking at faint fuzzies with the smallest possible
aperture.
6. You enjoy looking at faint fuzzies with the largest possible
aperture.
7. You like to choose objects that are easier to imagine than to see.
8. Your observing schedule demands that you search for objects in
twilight.
9. You keep thinking that if only the stars would go away, it might
really get dark.
10. You wonder how your favorite objects missed getting included in the
New General Catalog or the Index Catalog.
11. You?re not sure that anything in this solar system counts as
astronomy any more.
12. You?re amazed that anyone needs artificial light to read charts.
13. You could do a Messier Marathon from memory, if you still bothered
with Messier objects.
14. You can read all the NGC abbreviated visual descriptions without
using the key, but you have to be careful not to cheat by just
remembering what things look like.
15. You view a major earthquake as an opportunity for a close-in
dark-sky star party.
16. You welcome (and have even considered instigating) power cuts, but
only if they occur on clear moonless nights.


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