<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia's page</a> on the Bortle Scale claims the full moon at a dark site is roughly equivalent to the light pollution at the urban/suburban transition which means you could see stars with an naked-eye limiting magnitude (NELM) 4.6-5.0</p>

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2022-08-26T16:58:51.943Z
2022-08-26T16:58:51.943Z
Kit
<p>It may shave off 1 or 2 magnitudes, but it depends on many factors: nature of the object (star, nebula, galaxy), altitude (higher altitude has less light scatter), transparency, etc. There's no One Single Answer To Rule Them All.</p>

<p>Light pollution from artificial sources has a greater impact in most cases.</p>

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2015-03-31T01:55:27.530Z
Okay, I was only considering clear skies and away from a city at low altitudes (for shooting stars or a meteor shower). It sounds like this is a bad question, so I'll delete it if you agree.
Louis Waweru
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2015-03-31T01:39:14.133Z
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Florin Andrei
<p>For a very rough guideline using healthy/corrected eyes adjusted to the dark, around how bright should an object be to expect it to be visible?</p>

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2022-08-26T19:14:59.603Z
Whoever voted to close this should explain what details are needed to improve it.
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Around what apparent magnitude can the naked eye observe an object during full moon
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# Around what apparent magnitude can the naked eye observe an object during full moon

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-31)

For a very rough guideline using healthy/corrected eyes adjusted to the dark, around how bright should an object be to expect it to be visible?

**Tags:** observational-astronomy, the-moon, apparent-magnitude, atmospheric-effects

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Whoever voted to close this should explain what details are needed to improve it.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-08-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

[Wikipedia's page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_scale) on the Bortle Scale claims the full moon at a dark site is roughly equivalent to the light pollution at the urban/suburban transition which means you could see stars with an naked-eye limiting magnitude (NELM) 4.6-5.0


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-03-31. Score: 1

It may shave off 1 or 2 magnitudes, but it depends on many factors: nature of the object (star, nebula, galaxy), altitude (higher altitude has less light scatter), transparency, etc. There's no One Single Answer To Rule Them All.

Light pollution from artificial sources has a greater impact in most cases.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Okay, I was only considering clear skies and away from a city at low altitudes (for shooting stars or a meteor shower). It sounds like this is a bad question, so I'll delete it if you agree.  

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