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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
Yeongyang Firefly Eco Park / Firefly Observatory lodging area
Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea · Truly dark skies
About this place
- Overview
- International Dark Sky Park lodging area with Firefly Observatory, guided night observation, and dark-sky destination status
- Horizon
- Korea International Dark Sky Park anchor with rural mountain horizons
- Region
- Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
- Nearest city
- ~18 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Accommodation
- Sky quality
- Bortle 2 · Truly dark
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Dark-sky stays near here
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