wow guys, thanks for the overwhelming level of response
Let me address some of your comments:
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Originally Posted by GrampianStars
Forget Sydney NO DARK SKY within 2 hours drive in chaotic conditions! (tried that)
CHOOSE just out of Melbourne is best
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Melbourne best? According to the climate statistics, Melbourne looks like the city that's most often overcast, amongst the major ones. Can you comment on that? I repeat, everything is likely to be an improvement over my current situation (I suppose 20 clear nights a year - go figure the chance of new moon!), but I wanna maximize my chances!
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Originally Posted by alan meehan
we have heaps of good starparties
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That's so good to hear, Alan! Where I currently live, the concept if starparty could not be more foreign. People tend to be rather solitary. Guess the country
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Originally Posted by OzRob
I have no idea about how you view your astrophography but immigrating to another country in pursuit of a hobby seems a bit extreme. Have you considered hosting a telescope somewhere? Obviously this will cost you but there are great benefits as well.
Perth would be worth considering as well as the larger cities. It is in the middle of a resource driven boom so getting a job should not be an issue. The weather is a bit more stable than those in the east. Clear nights during the summer are almost guaranteed every night. Cloudy periods during the winter tend not to last long with clear breaks between the rain-bearing fronts.
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Hi Rob,
as I said, I'm not going to migrate in pursuit of my hobby. Astronomy is very important to me, and while not being a deciding factor for deciding where to move, it is deciding in determining where
not to move. I have chosen Australia for other reasons, and I want to make sure that I also end up maximizing the enjoyment of my hobby.
With regard to what you said about Perth, it sounds very attractive and me and my wife indeed would prefer a city that is not as big as Sydney. But I have performed job searches in my field in the major cities and I have found that Sydney has overwhelmingly higher chances of seeing me employed in the shortest time.
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Originally Posted by ballaratdragon
But to help Salva, I can only suggest somewhere within an arc of Melbourne as shown on this map
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Hmm, second one in this thread to suggest Melbourne. I must ask again: doesn't the Melbourne area get way more overcast and rainy weather than the rest of the country?
To finish, again I must thank you all for the replies. I suspect I'll get a very welcoming astronomers' community if I manage to move to Australia
