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I am grateful for this map. I used it to scout out Mojave desert as a place to do some stargazing. I was surprised that Las Vegas is still very clearly visible
by titzer 6y ago
I am grateful for this map. I used it to scout out Mojave desert as a place to do some stargazing. I was surprised that Las Vegas is still very clearly visible on the horizon, despite this being a very dark "hole" in the map.
You gotta go really far out to get dark skies all the way to the horizon.
- dheera 6y agoIf you don't require dark skies for 360 degrees, you can get away with going to a place that has dark sky in the direction of whatever you're trying to observe. I've done a lot of deep sky photography within an hour of the Bay Area by being mindful of this.