About this place
- Overview
- High-altitude French Pyrenees reserve with legendary astronomical seeing
- Horizon
- Mountain summit with panoramic views above surrounding peaks
- Region
- FR
- Nearest city
- ~80 km of light pollution
Certified dark-sky park
Pic du Midi Dark Sky Reserve
FR · Rural / suburban transition skies
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- IDA Dark Sky Reserve
- Sky quality
- Bortle 4.0 (measured) · Rural / suburban transition
- Measured brightness
- 21.3 mag/arcsec² · Pic du Midi IDSR application Criteria E Tables E2.5.1-E2.5.2: core-zone mean 21.31 mag/arcsec^2, rounded to 0.1
Official links
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