I see the weather in Bend hasn't improved much since I last posted. Clouds can be a real problem when trying to look at the night sky. Even on a good day, the city of Bend makes it tough to see a lot of what is happening in your area.
The lights from the city are called ambient (am be ent). The sky, no matter how dark is not as dark as it could be because of these lights from buildings and street lamps. Did you know, that no matter where you go in the lower 48 states of America you can only see about two thousand stars. The darkest place (Death Valley) is impacted by the lights of a city hundreds of miles away (Las Vegas).
So when the clouds are out, they act as a reflector for those lights making seeing the sky even harder. Not impossible, just more difficult.
If you have a moment check this video out on what to expect when those clouds clear enough to get another look at what is happening above your head.
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