Do you still see a sky full of stars these days?

I love the night sky and during childhood i would gaze at the sky often. I even bought a telescope many years later and through it i used to see the Moon craters, stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae etc. However since the last 15 years the city where i live has become polluted with dust and too much of light so the stars have virtually vanished. Even the Moon gets covered with clouds. I had to sell the telescope for this reason and also because many highrise buildings have come up cutting off the view of the sky. It is unfortunate and i feel very bad at being deprived of my beloved hobby.

Hi Marisriel!Yes,I still do see the sky full of stars here in our place.Though at times,there were oly few.But since before Christmas,my daughters and I were fond of star gazing.It started on 1st of December when the moon,Venus and Jupiter were so visible.Since my kids were bringing along our digital camera,we even captured a round object which others claimed to be an orbit.From then on up to new years eve,we still do see lots of stars and capture lots of orbits .

Living in an urban area means you never get to see the sky as it is in remote regions, filled with billions of stars. I moved from a big capital city to a small town, so I see more stars now, but there is still a lot of light pollution. Last night I looked out the window and saw a very bright yellow light. I thought at first it was a helicopter hovering, but it was the evening star low in the sky shining brilliant and yellow. I see the moon much more often, and more clearly too.

ya i can see the stars in the sky in nights and days also i agree that we are suffering from very much pollution but now we are controlling the pollution in our cities using very much techniques like planting tress and using cng's in our cars and transpoted things so now i see stars and when i go my village then i can see many meteros and many strange thing in sky

I dont know this is true or not. i feel we are just spoiling only our earth and its admosphere layers by the worst word pollution. Will this term could spoil the stars too......?

Sometimes I can see them all...it's beautifull and I love it. But I don't know a lot of constellations...I just like it to watch them

You are correct. I see so few stars these days. Mostly I see the Venus (I think) and a few weeks back, I saw the conjunction of the crescent moon, the Venus/Mars and the Jupiter in a triangular shape and it waa an awesome sight. Apart from this, there are practically no stars up there for us…its mostly the pollution but here we have the high street lamps too and most of the time, the night sky is brightly lit up in a most eerie glow. Its difficult to spot any stars in this light. Its only if we ever go to some suburb area for the weekend that we can do some star-gazing from the terrace.

I love to star gaze. The sky is so fascinating when it is full of stars. I look for the big dipper, little dipper and just enjoy the sight. The sky is not as often as it used to be but there are still nights that I can sit and look at a skyful of stars and just wonder at them.

yes, I still see a lot of stars at night. I just saw them the other night after a week of heavy rains and thick clouds, it's so nice to see those stars again. But now, they've been hidden by those rain clouds again. :(

When I went back to my hometown,a small country,the sky there is full of stars every night.It's really beautiful.But in the city it's hard for me to see so many stars.

I noticed that too. When I look up in the sky with no clouds, I noticed that there are no stars or there are few stars shinning above unlike before when I was still a kid we like to look at the sky and connect the stars to come up with shapes or images. It's true due to pollution and green house effect, we cant see the stars anymore even they are just there shinning down on us.

I have never really thought about it I guess, but you do make a valid point. I have not seen many stars in the sky for many years now. I guess all we can do is wait and see if they will ever show again.

hi there ,,,, well,i live in india and that too in a small city named haridwar therefore there is less pollution over here like ther is big developed countries so yes we do have stars in the sky till now not like yours full of smoke ,,,and pollution,,,

i have noticed that there are less stars. I have this friend, who knows everythin about stars. its really fascinating, cuz he knows all the terms. one night, we lookde for more then 5 hours at the sky, eventhough it was very cold. i would never forget that

hi.... i think u r right to some extent. but may be u moved from some rural area to urban area, thats why u r getting away from sky and stars. or the ongoing fast development in our countries might be the reason for that.