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closest dark sky for somebody in Dublin?

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  • 24-01-2013 1:50pm
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    quilmore
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    I'm in D12, where is the closest I should go to get some decent picture of the milky way on a clean night?

    thanks


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    ZeRoY
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    A good post on this:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69886124&postcount=11

    Also this map


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    Nerro
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    quilmore wrote: »
    I'm in D12, where is the closest I should go to get some decent picture of the milky way on a clean night?

    thanks

    Trooperstown....There is car park beside the park over there.No street lights in sight!Thats the darkest place i have been in Ireland so far.Wouldnt go there on my own tho...


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    quilmore
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭quilmore


    Nerro wrote: »
    Trooperstown....There is car park beside the park over there.No street lights in sight!Thats the darkest place i have been in Ireland so far.Wouldnt go there on my own tho...

    thanks
    is it Trooperstown in Wicklow or Donegal?


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    Nerro
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭Nerro


    quilmore wrote: »

    thanks
    is it Trooperstown in Wicklow or Donegal?
    Sorry its in Wicklow.


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