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- Best use
- Moonset windows, route checks, and local light conditions
- Planning signal
- Worth timing around moonset
- Route context
- 4 Stella stays within 350 km
Certified dark-sky park
Gokseong Seomjingang Astronomical Observatory
Jeollanam-do, South Korea · Rural / suburban transition skies
About this place
- Overview
- Observatory-adjacent itinerary anchor with 600 mm telescope, auxiliary telescope facilities, and planetarium context
- Horizon
- Seomjingang observatory-adjacent route with 600 mm telescope and planetarium context
- Region
- Jeollanam-do, South Korea
- Nearest city
- ~12 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Observatory
- Sky quality
- Bortle 4 · Rural / suburban transition
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