About this place
- Region
- France
Dark-sky reserve & sanctuary
Pic du Midi
France · Rural / suburban transition skies · certified January 20, 2015
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Reserve
- Designation
- Reserves
- Certified
- January 20, 2015
- 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
- Status
- Certified
Official links
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On the map
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