Well, thank you very much for your info. unfortunately my conference is beetween June 28th and July 7th. So being in Australia I plan to catch perhaps the begining of next new moon. I was thinking also to rent a car (or join some one for an astro-trip) and to find a really good place.
You can imagine that the best place for me is the one for which the probablity of clear sky is the highest. That is I why I was also considering to fly to Alice Springs, rent a car there and find something in a radius of 150km. But I was surprised to realize that it can be crowded in July overthere.
Two years ago I was in South Africe and the Karoo region 300km NE of Captown apperared a very good place (elevation almost 2000m). I met a person from their astro-club, we organized a trip together and did some nice photographs.
http://www.astromaniak.pl/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6759
The comments are in Polish - but the photographs speak for themselves.
Perhaps now it could be possible too.
Anyway your advice is very important to me.
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Originally Posted by erick
Hi Zbig
I see you have had experience here, having been to Pingelly. I suspect you won't be satisfied without dark skies and very little light pollution. If that is so, consider travelling to Broken Hill, in western NSW. We have a couple of members there who might be able to help.
Alternatively, stay in the Melbourne area and travel out at night from there. With up to two hours travel, you can find locations that are quite dark and we have a lot more members in the Melbourne and nearby areas that can help. In July, the temperature should feel just like a milder version of your home country!
New Moon is 1 July - when will you be here?
Regards
Eric
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