Singapore Skies | Sky Conditions | Light Pollution Singapore Skies Singapore, a modern metropolitan city, with its many lights, has a severely polluted night sky. Coupled with the poor weather conditions, any deep-sky observing at night can be difficult. Why is it difficult to observe in Singapore? Many celestial objects fainter than 4th magnitude cannot be seen with naked eyes. On good nights, the faintest object that can be seen is of only about 5th magnitude; on poor nights, only stars and planets of more than 2nd magnitude can be observed. So what are the few main reasons for these poor observations?
Myth: Astronomy is impossible in Singapore, the cloudy skies heavily hinder deep-sky observing. Few stars can be seen. Fact: The few stars that can be seen in Singapore are the brighter stars in the night sky, serving as signposts to other stars. By knowing these few stars well, one would be able to get acquainted with the sky more easily and recognize stars better when overseas (eg. Malaysia, China , Australia, America), where the star fields are so vast and huge that one does not even know where to begin stargazing. Singapore Skies | Sky Conditions | Light Pollution
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