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Originally Posted by BowzerS14
Do any of you SE suburbs people now a quite dark spot within 20 mins or so of monash, clayton.
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You must live very close to me. You want to put as much distance between you and the source of light pollution as possible. So get on the South Eastern and find a state park or befriend a farmer somewhere between Narre Warren and Pakenham.
For an all nighter, Falls Creek at 1400m above sea level is an excellent dark site (big empty level carparks for ski season, toilets, shelter, BBQ at the top carpark) within 1.5 hours drive (just under 100km). Take a tent or stay in a motel at Marysville.
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Originally Posted by BowzerS14
Are there any better yet noobie safe charts to get or download.
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Taki's star atlas is excellent:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zs3t-tk/atlas/atlas.htm
Btw. If you are free this weekend, you should come along to the Snake Valley camp. It will be a feast of astro gear, dark skies (hopefully two nights of), and a good mix of experienced people and newbies. See
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=5700