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Originally Posted by CometGuy
Mt Kaptutar in NSW is the best Australian site I have been to so far. 5000 feet elevation and relatively dry conditions make it pretty ideal.
Terry
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Terry,
Agreed. Pristine dark skies combined with regular sub arc second seeing at Mt Kaputah.
Argo Navis,
Whilst there are several places in Australia with slightly darker skies than Coonabarabran it is certainly pretty dark and there are a lot more places with skies "not as dark". It is certainly a good bit darker than anywhere you will find in North America. Out on Timor road towards the AAT the skies are very good. We usually get better than 21.6 on the Unihedron Sky Quality Meter, with 22 being the theoretical maximum attainable.
The darkest skies I have seen is in Dusky Sound in the South Western corner of the South Island of New Zealand. There is no road access within 150 kms of it and minimal population within 500 kms of it.
CS-John B