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World's first International Dark Sky Sanctuary
In the Chilean Andes:
http://darksky.org/chilean-astronomi...sky-sanctuary/ I was fortunate to spend a week at this site last year doing some maintenance work on University of Chile telescopes. A fabulous place for deep sky observing. It has now been designated as the first international dark sky sanctuary. The views from the 8000 ft. elevation are breathtaking with sub-arc second seeing on the majority of nights. Nearby towns in the valley are growing at a rapid rate and light pollution does threaten this area unfortunately. Uncadeepsky |
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World's first International Dark Sky Sanctuary
On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 1:40:33 PM UTC-5, Uncarollo2 wrote:
In the Chilean Andes: http://darksky.org/chilean-astronomi...sky-sanctuary/ I was fortunate to spend a week at this site last year doing some maintenance work on University of Chile telescopes. A fabulous place for deep sky observing. It has now been designated as the first international dark sky sanctuary. The views from the 8000 ft. elevation are breathtaking with sub-arc second seeing on the majority of nights. Nearby towns in the valley are growing at a rapid rate and light pollution does threaten this area unfortunately. Uncadeepsky A few of the many local places to stay in this valley: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/tr...star.html?_r=0 http://www.haciendalosandes.com/en/ http://www.haciendalosandes.com/en/p...servatory.html |
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World's first International Dark Sky Sanctuary
On Friday, 21 August 2015 14:40:33 UTC-4, Uncarollo2 wrote:
In the Chilean Andes: http://darksky.org/chilean-astronomi...sky-sanctuary/ I was fortunate to spend a week at this site last year doing some maintenance work on University of Chile telescopes. A fabulous place for deep sky observing. It has now been designated as the first international dark sky sanctuary. The views from the 8000 ft. elevation are breathtaking with sub-arc second seeing on the majority of nights. Nearby towns in the valley are growing at a rapid rate and light pollution does threaten this area unfortunately. Uncadeepsky You've about as much chance of preserving it as they do the Amazon jungle from farming. |
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