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Re: Backyard Search for Asteroids and Extrasolar Planets
Nick Hoffman — (archived)

You certainly don't get the clear "stand-out" of "constellation" stars vs "background" stars. You have to spot the constellations at twilight. Later in the evening, they disappear into the deep sparkling night.

On a good night the sky is a mist of stars, with the Milky Way a bright, wide band of light across the sky.

The Magellenic clouds are obvious and dramatic, and what really shows to the naked eye are the dust bands in the galactic core, seen as dark "rivers" within the broad highway of stars in the Milky Way.

And the Moon is visibly rotated. We get a really good "Rabbit" here, and no "man-in-the-Moon"

Plan a visit here. I can find you heaps of observers to star party with, and it doesn't freeze overnight, most of the time...

You can always stay here, but I know you'll want to get into the dry desert for *Really* good observing conditions

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