I went on Monday with 2 friends in Rodopos to measure using the sqm device and and it showed from 21.75 to 21.83 at 11:45pm. So despite the low height above sea level we decided to go in Rodopos on Saturday for observation. On Saturday I went there with other people and different sqm device. That second machine measured 21.45 only early little before midnight with the higher to be 21.64 at 03:00 am. Despite different measurements seeing was worse and it wasn't as dark as it was on Skinakas observatory a month ago.
To answer your question, yes it is affected by light pollution of Chania city because at 03:00 am when we had the 21.64 a big part of the city had the lights turned off. I found Rodopos using this map as a grey zone: http://djlorenz.github.io/astronomy/...rlay/dark.html
According to same map Skinakas which is a darker place and 1.480 m high is a blue zone.
Last edited by vasilas432; September 11th, 2016 at 03:41 PM.
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