The latest years I traveled to Western Cape, South Africa every February and the sky is excellent there. Now we consider New Zealand next Feb as it should be a beautiful country. Again, I want to bring my travel scope and AP stuff but how is the weather there in Feb in the sense of cloudiness ? I do not expect as good as the Western Cape in summer, but I expect that the Northern Island is better than the Southern.
Raw data is not difficult to find. I found this:
http://xjubier.free....pseWeather.html
and found that in Feb indeed Western Cape is one of the best places in the world, beside inner Australia and Atacama desert.
But I want to know experience from observers.
Are there any New Zealanders who can tell me more about conditions for observing and astrophotography ?
BTW, Australia can be an option for us as well.