The one big reason I would love to live in the past or have a time machine is to see a true night sky. Sick of the light washed-out and satellite specked one we have now.
Seriously. I moved here. Even northern lights can be elusive due to this (plus, I live in a city). And where I live, I can read outside at night so the best time to see dark is during the cold times.
But more to the point, there is a lot of light pollution here. The best places are inland and plenty of other places get much darker. If you want to check out dark places, I've linked a light pollution map.
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esseph · · focus · HN ↗
There's a particular observatory in Hawaii that is supposed to be amazing.
I'm sure there's plenty of other spots!
AstroNutt · · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://lightpollutionmap.app/" rel="nofollow">https://lightpollutionmap.app/
Broken_Hippo · · focus · HN ↗
Seriously. I moved here. Even northern lights can be elusive due to this (plus, I live in a city). And where I live, I can read outside at night so the best time to see dark is during the cold times.
But more to the point, there is a lot of light pollution here. The best places are inland and plenty of other places get much darker. If you want to check out dark places, I've linked a light pollution map.
<a href="https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.67&lat=66.1877&lon=21.2986&state=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjoiTGF5ZXJCaW5nUm9hZCIsIm92ZXJsYXkiOiJ3YV9fMjAxNSIsIm92ZXJsYXljb2xvciI6ZmFsc2UsIm92ZXJsYXlvcGFjaXR5IjoiNjAiLCJmZWF0dXJlc29wYWNpdHkiOiI4NSJ9" rel="nofollow">https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.67&lat=66.1877&lo...
groos · · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.68&lat=40.8496&lon=-103.0672&state=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjoiTGF5ZXJCaW5nUm9hZCIsIm92ZXJsYXkiOiJzYl8yMDI1Iiwib3ZlcmxheWNvbG9yIjpmYWxzZSwib3ZlcmxheW9wYWNpdHkiOiI2MCIsImZlYXR1cmVzb3BhY2l0eSI6Ijg1In0=" rel="nofollow">https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.68&lat=40.8496&lo...