Charles Ross spent 50 yrs building Star Axis naked-eye observatory in New Mexico

7 pointsposted 11 hours ago
by ChrisArchitect

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cratermoon

10 hours ago

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ reports the area rates a 2 "average dark sky" on the Bortle scale, just short of an "excellent" score of 1. It's location halfway between Santa Rosa and Las Vegas, New Mexico is as far from populated areas as you might think.