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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
Kenting Southern Cross Stargazing Route
Pingtung, Taiwan · Rural sky skies
About this place
- Overview
- Seasonal southern Taiwan route for Southern Cross viewing around Longpan, Baisha, Maobitou, and Dawan Beach
- Horizon
- Coastal national park with southern ocean horizons and seasonal April-June Southern Cross access
- Region
- Pingtung, Taiwan
- Nearest city
- ~10 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- National Park
- Sky quality
- Bortle 3 · Rural sky
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