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- Milky Way, meteor showers, and deep-sky viewing
- Planning signal
- Dark-window target
- Route context
- 2 Stella stays within 350 km
Certified dark-sky park
Deerlick Astronomy Village
GA, United States · Rural sky skies
About this place
- Overview
- Private astronomy community in central Georgia with observing pads
- Horizon
- Rolling Georgia piedmont; trees on low horizon in some directions
- Region
- GA, United States
- Nearest city
- ~50 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Community Site
- Sky quality
- Bortle 3 · Rural sky
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