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Bortle 5: suburban sky
A suburban sky. Bright galaxies, nebulae and star clusters show well. A light pollution filter helps with nebulae.
37 images by 7 photographers.
1
(0)
2
(6)
3
(7)
4
(59)
5
(37)
6
(297)
7
(250)
8
(0)
9
(1)
Most imaged objects from Bortle 5
NGC 7000
North America Nebula
3 images
M 33
Triangulum Galaxy
3 images
IC 1805
3 images
IC 5070
Pelican Nebula
3 images
NGC 6997
3 images
IC 136
3 images
IC 139
3 images
IC 131
3 images
IC 132
3 images
IC 133
3 images
IC 135
3 images
IC 137
3 images
Best images from Bortle 5
The Bortle class of an image comes from the light pollution map at its position, or from the owner. The map never gives class 9. For class 9, the owner sets the class.
Whirlpool Galaxy
AstroWizard
Free
1
9
1 like, 9 views
JellyFish Nebula
AstroWizard
Free
1
6
1 like, 6 views
The Sun on 7 Oct 2026
Geert Vandenbulcke
Free
1
7
1 like, 7 views
NGC 7789 Caroline's Rose Cluster
Geert Vandenbulcke
Free
1
6
1 like, 6 views
20260808 IC63 +IC59 GammaCass GeVdbu
Geert Vandenbulcke
Free
1
7
1 like, 7 views
20260712 13 Cocoonnebula GeVdbu
Geert Vandenbulcke
Free
1
5
1 like, 5 views
Sadr region mosaic and Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)
Peter Henderickx
Plus
0
16
0 likes, 16 views