[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by N1

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Excuse my ignorance, but is there a Southern constellation that makes it really simple to give an estimate of transparency/sky darkness, where a certain number of stars seen corresponds to a rough level of sky quality? This would allow the not-so experienced stargazers to contribute if they find what they think might be a good spot - without even needing a telescope. .....

http://www.imo.net/visual/major/observation/lm
http://obs.nineplanets.org/lm/rjm.html