Optics & gearDefinedTerm
Transparency
How clear the sky is — how much light is absorbed by haze or humidity.
Good transparency helps deep-sky objects; steady seeing helps planets.
Used in these guides
- Stacking: How Amateurs Beat Light Pollution with MathImaging the sky
- Watching Cape Canaveral Launches from Miami: What You Can See and When25° North
- Dark-Sky Sites Near Miami: The Everglades, Big Cypress, and the Keys25° North
- The Southern Sky at 25°N: Stars Miami Sees That the North Never Does25° North
- Tropical Observing: Humidity, Haze, Hurricane Season, and the Surprisingly Steady Seeing of South Florida25° North