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I started a thread asking about how high visually one can one see a laser in the night sky and it made me think of something else. I was shining my laser straight up and my buddy who lives about 4 miles away could barely see it but only if he was not trying to focus on it. He had to look to the left or right and it would be visible.
That made me start thinking about trying to spot objects that are barely visible to the naked eye at night like some satellites, stars, nebula's, and clusters. I always noticed that these things are easier to see if I am not focused on them. Like a moving satellite being caught out of the corner of our eye. The phenomenon was brought up in a chapter in an astronomy class I took years ago but i didn't pay much attention to it. Anyone else know what I am talking about or experience it?
That made me start thinking about trying to spot objects that are barely visible to the naked eye at night like some satellites, stars, nebula's, and clusters. I always noticed that these things are easier to see if I am not focused on them. Like a moving satellite being caught out of the corner of our eye. The phenomenon was brought up in a chapter in an astronomy class I took years ago but i didn't pay much attention to it. Anyone else know what I am talking about or experience it?