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LenSatic
Explorer
Dec 02, 2014

Naked-eye astronomy is more than just meteors.

For you meteor hunters out there in the boonies, there is other visible stuff buzzing around up there: satellites. The easiest to see is the International Space Station. It’s extremely bright and, w...
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pnichols
Explorer II
Dec 03, 2014
GordonThree wrote:
Sounds like I need to visit Utah in the winter. I was out there for two weeks in the Spring 2010 and was sorely disappointed by the night sky. The sky was much darker and clearer here in Michigan. I didn't make it that far south... visiting Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef.


You might want to also try the Central Oregon outback for spectacular night skies. ;)

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