>>2653719Thanks. I just checked the europe map from the same website, and I'm clearly in a yellow zone. (half of switzerland is). But the resolution/calibration seems a bit different. Here is a pic from the milky way I took from my location, so you can have an idea of how the night sky looks like here:
>>2639352I shoot all my deep sky pics from here, and you can barely see the milky way with the naked eye.
My opinion is, as long as you go away from big cities you will be fine. You dont need a perfectly black sky to achieve great results. In fact, you can achieve exactly the same results from a light polluted city and from a rural area, it will just take more time and effort (-> a lot more frames in your stack).
Here is a video explaining everything about signal and noise in astrophotography. Its a long video but worth watching if you are interested in this subject. (pic related).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4QFb3ydNMThe goal of stacking is to increase the signal and removing noise. And light pollution/skyglow is a form of noise that can be removed. Again, it takes more time, but it you have a whole night to take a picture, its not a problem.
There are also great filters to help with light pollution. I bought a cheap one (astronomik CLS) some months ago, and it changed everything (I have very bad street lights where I live). Sorry for poor english, just ask if you have more questions :')
