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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Three locations are particularly memorable for me:
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Then there is Mt Kaputar which is both remote and at 1500m above sea level, so it can give Bortle 1 skies and on a good night the visual limiting magnitude is the deepest I have ever seen, so much so you will just want to lie on the ground with binoculars and forget about telescopes for a while.A truly superb observing site IMHO and should be used more than it is.....
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I agree the potential of Mt Kaputar is great, although the camping ground has some of the most troublesome roos I've ever met. The problem is that I've been there 5-6 times and I've never yet had a clear night. It hasn't always been raining, though one observing weekend organised by some ASNSW folk back in the 80's it bucketed down the whole long weekend, but it has never been cloud-free. I think that is why the Warrumbungles were preferred to Katutar for the observatory. They are pretty close (ca 150km I think) but the weather is different.