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- Best use
- Milky Way, meteor showers, and deep-sky viewing
- Planning signal
- Dark-window target
- Route context
- 4 Stella stays within 350 km
Certified dark-sky park
Center of Korea Observatory
Gangwon-do, South Korea · Rural sky skies
About this place
- Overview
- Gangwon astronomy-route anchor with 80 cm reflecting telescope, planetarium, and hands-on programs
- Horizon
- Yanggu Gangwon observatory route with 80 cm telescope and planetarium context
- Region
- Gangwon-do, South Korea
- Nearest city
- ~14 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Observatory
- Sky quality
- Bortle 3 · Rural sky
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