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Re:50 Years Ago Jocelyn Bell Discovered Pulsars by pvg on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:06AM (#15814392)
That is a long-exposure shot although the sky does really look like that if it's dark enough - just not quite that colourful. Here's an attempt by a photographer to recreate the effect:

https://vimeo.com/113287920

The band in the photo is the milky way.

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Re:50 Years Ago Jocelyn Bell Discovered Pulsars by PetitPrince on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:44AM (#15814580)
> although the sky does really look like that if it's dark enough

I agree. Additionally, I assume most people here on HN live on a place that is heavily light-polluted, see https://www.lightpollutionmap.info .

If OP happen to pass by a place with low light pollution, I encourage him/her to stay and watch the sky for a while (30 minutes ?) so that the eyes can adapt to darkness. It's really a neat experience.

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Re:50 Years Ago Jocelyn Bell Discovered Pulsars by jakeogh on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:51AM (#15814612)
Mt. Graham, east of Tucson. Worth it.

http://www.darksky.org/

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