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esseph • today at 12:46 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

Take a trip to Alaska, northern BC, Norway, etc.

There's a particular observatory in Hawaii that is supposed to be amazing.

I'm sure there's plenty of other spots!


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groos • today at 3:35 AM

Most of the US West of the Missisipi is still largely dark.

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.68&lat=40.8496&lo...

AstroNutt • today at 1:14 AM

Fort Davis Texas at the McDonald Observatory is one of my favorites! The link below gives you a pretty good idea on how bad or good your night sky is.

https://lightpollutionmap.app/

Broken_Hippo • today at 1:25 AM

Good luck getting clear skies in Norway.

Seriously. I moved here. Even northern lights can be elusive due to this (plus, I live in a city). And where I live, I can read outside at night so the best time to see dark is during the cold times.

But more to the point, there is a lot of light pollution here. The best places are inland and plenty of other places get much darker. If you want to check out dark places, I've linked a light pollution map.

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.67&lat=66.1877&lo...