Great World Wide Star Count

     Recently I participated in the Great World Wide Star Count. I was asked to observe the constellation Cygnus. I was barley able to do so and I found out that the limiting magnitude of the sky outside my house is around 3 on the chart.  If I was closer to a town it would have been harder to see the constellation and if I was farther it would have been easier to see. I can see over a hundred more stars after looking at the sky for fifteen minutes than looking the stars right when I walk out of my house. This is because it takes time for my eyes to adjust to the dark.