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- Best use
- Milky Way, meteor showers, and deep-sky viewing
- Planning signal
- Dark-window target
- Route context
- 1 Stella stay within 350 km
Certified dark-sky park
Nebraska Star Party (Valentine, NE)
NE, United States · Pristine sky skies
About this place
- Overview
- Sandhills dark sky event; Bortle 1 skies on the Great Plains
- Horizon
- Wide-open Sandhills prairie, excellent low-horizon access in all directions
- Region
- NE, United States
- Nearest city
- ~120 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Community Site
- Sky quality
- Bortle 1 · Pristine sky
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