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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
Tenerife (Teide National Park)
Spain · Pristine sky skies
About this place
- Overview
- Canary Islands volcanic peak; professional observatory and stargazing tours
- Horizon
- Above the cloud layer; volcanic summit with unobstructed 360° views
- Region
- Spain
- Nearest city
- ~40 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- IDA Dark Sky Park
- Sky quality
- Bortle 1 · Pristine sky
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