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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
The constellations are awesome. The only thing lacking is the fact that on a clear night at sea there are many times more stars than in the game. It's an unbelievable sight.
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I can imagine. The closest I've come to something like that was standing on a frozen Flagstaff lake in Maine one moonless January night. It was about 15 below zero, and the lake was creaking, nobody around for many miles.
I could see Andromeda with the naked eye! We had a little 5 inch reflector and the main event was Saturn, of course. I'll never forget that night. I've always at least needed binoculars to make out Andromeda. It must be unbelieveable with no moon on the open sea.