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Certified dark-sky park
Warrumbungle Dark Sky Park
Australia · Pristine sky skies · certified July 3, 2016
About this place
- Region
- Australia
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Parks
- Certified
- July 3, 2016
- Sky quality
- Bortle 1.3 (measured) · Pristine sky
- Measured brightness
- 21.9 mag/arcsec² · Warrumbungle NP Dark Sky Park Annual Report 2017-2018 (Siding Spring/ANU): near-zenith 21.9 mag/arcsec^2 (raw 22.0 corrected -0.1 for housing glass)
- Status
- Certified
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