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294 islands and beaches from Islandyas and Coastya with dark skies — for astrophotography by the sea.

2Bortle89islandKythiraGreeceGreece21.83 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle89islandKarpathosGreeceGreece21.85 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep1Bortle88islandAnjouanComorosComoros21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle88islandFolegandrosGreeceGreece21.80 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle88islandAntikytheraGreeceGreece21.84 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle88islandPerimYemenYemen21.88 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov2Bortle88islandKasosGreeceGreece21.85 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep1Bortle88islandKilwa KisiwaniTanzaniaTanzania21.89 mag/arcsec² · Jun–Sep2Bortle87islandAnafiGreeceGreece21.78 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle87islandMilosGreeceGreece21.78 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle87islandGavdosGreeceGreece21.85 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep1Bortle87islandGrande ComoreComorosComoros21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle86islandIcariaGreeceGreece21.70 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct1Bortle86islandSocotraYemenYemen21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Apr1Bortle86islandJarvis IslandUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar, May, Aug–Oct2Bortle86islandAmorgosGreeceGreece21.78 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep1Bortle86islandJuan de Nova IslandFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle86islandBassas da IndiaFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle86islandEuropa IslandMadagascarMadagascar21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle86islandGonâve IslandHaitiHaiti21.86 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Apr2Bortle86islandAstypalaiaGreeceGreece21.78 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle86islandSifnosGreeceGreece21.76 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle86islandTimorTimor LesteTimor Leste21.88 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle86islandSumbawa IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.87 mag/arcsec² · Jun–Sep1Bortle86islandFatu HivaFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle85islandAxel Heiberg IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle85islandLinosaItalyItaly21.80 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep3Bortle85islandÝdraGreeceGreece21.61 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle85islandErnst Thälmann IslandCubaCuba21.84 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Apr2Bortle85islandMafia IslandTanzaniaTanzania21.85 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle85islandMelville IslandAustraliaAustralia21.88 mag/arcsec² · Jun–Sep1Bortle85islandSouth IslandNew ZealandNew Zealand21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Jul1Bortle85islandEllesmere IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle85islandIsland of MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique21.84 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle85islandAlicudiItalyItaly21.71 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Aug1Bortle84islandMohéliComorosComoros21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Jun, Aug–Oct1Bortle84islandFogoCape VerdeCape Verde21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May2Bortle84islandCayman BracCayman IslandsCayman Islands21.83 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Apr2Bortle84islandSerifosGreeceGreece21.72 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep1Bortle84islandSanta Cruz IslandEcuadorEcuador21.89 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May1Bortle84islandRocas AtollBrazilBrazil21.89 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct1Bortle84islandCat IslandBahamasBahamas21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Apr, Aug, Dec1Bortle84islandWake IslandUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr, Jun, Nov–Dec3Bortle84islandPatmosGreeceGreece21.57 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Oct2Bortle84islandBarbudaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda21.83 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Apr2Bortle84islandRedondaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda21.82 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Apr1Bortle84islandKomodo IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.89 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle84islandTortugaHaitiHaiti21.87 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Apr1Bortle84islandHiva-OaFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle84islandNuku HivaFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle84islandAldabraSeychellesSeychelles21.90 mag/arcsec² · May, Aug–Oct2Bortle84islandLemnosGreeceGreece21.74 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle84islandSamothraceGreeceGreece21.78 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep1Bortle84islandPenrhynCook IslandsCook Islands21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle84islandSan Cristóbal IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May1Bortle84islandBylot IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle84islandKiritimatiKiribatiKiribati21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Oct3Bortle83islandAndrosGreeceGreece21.63 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle83islandPemba IslandTanzaniaTanzania21.85 mag/arcsec² · Sep2Bortle83islandScyrosGreeceGreece21.71 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep1Bortle83islandNosy BeMadagascarMadagascar21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle83islandNavassa IslandUnited StatesUnited States21.88 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Apr1Bortle83islandDevon IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle83islandSaona IslandDominican RepublicDominican Republic21.71 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Apr1Bortle83islandHans IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle83islandKavarattiIndiaIndia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar1Bortle83islandBanks IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle83islandMljetCroatiaCroatia21.74 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct1Bortle83islandIsabela IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Jun, Aug1Bortle83islandSan Salvador IslandBahamasBahamas21.89 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Apr, Jul–Aug3Bortle83islandBozcaadaTurkeyTurkey21.57 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle83islandLa Tortuga IslandVenezuelaVenezuela21.69 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Aug1Bortle83islandNordaustlandetNorwayNorway21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle83islandBathurst IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle82islandEl HierroSpainSpain21.85 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct1Bortle82islandEllef Ringnes IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82islandVictoria IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82islandJohnston AtollUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug3Bortle82islandKeaGreeceGreece21.48 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep3Bortle82islandSkopelosGreeceGreece21.68 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep1Bortle82islandSavai'iSamoaSamoa21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jun–Sep1Bortle82islandBolshevik IslandRussiaRussia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan3Bortle82islandFilicudiItalyItaly21.67 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Aug1Bortle82islandMinamitorishimaJapanJapan21.90 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov2Bortle82islandSnake IslandUkraineUkraine21.84 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep1Bortle82islandSomerset IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle82islandOkinotorishimaJapanJapan21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May1Bortle82islandPrince of Wales IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle82islandNorth Sentinel IslandIndiaIndia21.88 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar1Bortle82islandKaffeklubben IslandGreenlandGreenland21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec3Bortle82islandSkiathosGreeceGreece21.66 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle82islandKangaroo IslandAustraliaAustralia21.86 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle82islandTromelin IslandFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · Apr–Jul, Sep2Bortle81islandCarriacou IslandGrenadaGrenada21.80 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Aug–Sep1Bortle81islandRaiateaFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle81islandYakushimaJapanJapan21.88 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct1Bortle81islandCagados CarajosMauritiusMauritius21.90 mag/arcsec² · Apr–May, Jul–Sep1Bortle81islandNiʻihauUnited StatesUnited States21.89 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle81islandMontserratUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom21.82 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Apr1Bortle81islandIwo JimaJapanJapan21.89 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct1Bortle81islandMelville IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle81islandIsla Salas y GómezChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar2Bortle81islandCoibaPanamaPanama21.88 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar1Bortle81islandBoa VistaCape VerdeCape Verde21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jan–Mar, Sep–Oct1Bortle81islandFernandina IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Jun, Aug2Bortle81islandKorčulaCroatiaCroatia21.73 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct, Dec1Bortle81islandBanaba IslandKiribatiKiribati21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Jun, Aug–Oct1Bortle81islandKotelny IslandRussiaRussia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle81islandBravaCape VerdeCape Verde21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May3Bortle81islandMontecristoItalyItaly21.66 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct, Dec2Bortle81islandMaioCape VerdeCape Verde21.88 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May1Bortle81islandPrince Patrick IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle81islandChristmas IslandAustraliaAustralia21.89 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle81islandVisCroatiaCroatia21.71 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct, Dec1Bortle81islandAtafuTokelauTokelau21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep3Bortle80islandStromboliItalyItaly21.66 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Aug1Bortle80islandClipperton IslandFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar1Bortle80islandOctober Revolution IslandRussiaRussia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle80islandPeñón de Vélez de la GomeraSpainSpain21.70 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep, Dec–Feb1Bortle80islandGuadalupe IslandMexicoMexico21.90 mag/arcsec² · Oct–Jan1Bortle80islandDucie IslandPitcairnPitcairn21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–May1Bortle80islandBaffin IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle80islandMolokaʻiUnited StatesUnited States21.83 mag/arcsec² · May, Jul–Oct2Bortle80islandPraslinSeychellesSeychelles21.88 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May1Bortle80islandAgalégaMauritiusMauritius21.90 mag/arcsec² · Apr–May, Sep1Bortle80islandTannaVanuatuVanuatu21.90 mag/arcsec² · May, Jul–Sep1Bortle80islandEnewetak AtollMarshall IslandsMarshall Islands21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr, Dec1Bortle80islandLa DigueSeychellesSeychelles21.89 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May1Bortle80islandSouthampton IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle80islandHuahineFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle80islandMindoroPhilippinesPhilippines21.84 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr1Bortle80islandSwains IslandTokelauTokelau21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle80islandTarawaKiribatiKiribati21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Jun, Aug–Oct1Bortle80islandMoruroaFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr, Jul–Sep1Bortle80islandNiutaoTuvaluTuvalu21.90 mag/arcsec² · May, Jul–Sep1Bortle80islandFlores IslandPortugalPortugal21.90 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep1Bortle80islandHenderson IslandUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Jul3Bortle80beachPraia da ArrifanaPortugalPortugal21.43 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep2Bortle80islandButon IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.88 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct1Bortle80islandNanumeaTuvaluTuvalu21.90 mag/arcsec² · May, Jul–Sep1Bortle80islandTutuilaUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle80islandPico IslandPortugalPortugal21.89 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep1Bortle80islandKing William IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle79islandSamar IslandPhilippinesPhilippines21.89 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr1Bortle79islandManono IslandSamoaSamoa21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle79islandAnticosti IslandCanadaCanada21.90 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Dec1Bortle79islandViti LevuFijiFiji21.89 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle79islandFunafutiTuvaluTuvalu21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle79islandSakhalinRussiaRussia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Feb1Bortle79islandAnnobón IslandEquatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jun–Jul2Bortle79islandCatanduanesPhilippinesPhilippines21.88 mag/arcsec² · Apr1Bortle79islandPalawanPhilippinesPhilippines21.89 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr1Bortle79islandUpoluSamoaSamoa21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle79islandVanua LevuFijiFiji21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Aug1Bortle79islandEspiritu SantoVanuatuVanuatu21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle79islandAitutakiCook IslandsCook Islands21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle79islandNew IrelandPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Jun, Aug–Oct2Bortle79islandTanegashimaJapanJapan21.87 mag/arcsec² · Aug1Bortle78islandWest IslandAustraliaAustralia21.90 mag/arcsec² · May, Jul–Oct1Bortle78islandBuru IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Oct2Bortle78islandFaial IslandPortugalPortugal21.83 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep1Bortle78islandCorvo IslandPortugalPortugal21.90 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle78islandHiiumaaEstoniaEstonia21.79 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct2Bortle78islandTerceira IslandPortugalPortugal21.79 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle78islandSipadanMalaysiaMalaysia21.86 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr1Bortle78islandSpratly IslandVietnamVietnam21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr1Bortle78islandSeverny IslandRussiaRussia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle78islandKassariEstoniaEstonia21.80 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct1Bortle78islandSeramIndonesiaIndonesia21.90 mag/arcsec² · May, Jul–Oct2Bortle78islandPanayPhilippinesPhilippines21.82 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr1Bortle78islandLord Howe IslandAustraliaAustralia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Apr–May, Jul–Sep2Bortle78islandBornholmDenmarkDenmark21.77 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct2Bortle78islandRuhnuEstoniaEstonia21.81 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct1Bortle78islandKodiak IslandUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Nov–Jan2Bortle78islandFåröSwedenSweden21.80 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct2Bortle78islandVormsiEstoniaEstonia21.75 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct2Bortle78islandRarotongaCook IslandsCook Islands21.88 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle78islandMuhuEstoniaEstonia21.80 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct1Bortle78islandCoco IslandCosta RicaCosta Rica21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar2Bortle78islandLeytePhilippinesPhilippines21.85 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr1Bortle78islandHalmahera IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.89 mag/arcsec² · Apr–May, Sep–Oct1Bortle77islandGraciosa IslandPortugalPortugal21.89 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep2Bortle77islandMalakula IslandVanuatuVanuatu21.88 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May, Aug–Sep1Bortle77islandNewfoundlandCanadaCanada21.89 mag/arcsec² · Jan, Sep–Nov2Bortle77islandKihnuEstoniaEstonia21.79 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Oct1Bortle77islandMorotai IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Apr–May, Sep–Oct1Bortle77islandHunga Tonga–Hunga HaʻapaiTongaTonga21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle77islandʻEuaTongaTonga21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle77islandVancouver IslandCanadaCanada21.85 mag/arcsec² · Sep1Bortle77islandEast FalklandUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Jul2Bortle77beachCavendish BeachCanadaCanada21.83 mag/arcsec² · Sep2Bortle77islandÖlandSwedenSweden21.70 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct1Bortle77islandKwajalein AtollMarshall IslandsMarshall Islands21.89 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Jun1Bortle77islandAmami ŌshimaJapanJapan21.89 mag/arcsec² · Aug–Sep1Bortle77islandKolepom IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.90 mag/arcsec² · May, Jul–Sep2Bortle77islandIriomote IslandJapanJapan21.81 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep3Bortle77beachPlaya BonitaDominican RepublicDominican Republic21.58 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar2Bortle77islandDiego GarciaUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom21.81 mag/arcsec² · Mar–May1Bortle77islandMalpelo IslandColombiaColombia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar1Bortle77islandKingman ReefUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar, May–Jul2Bortle77islandCape Breton IslandCanadaCanada21.86 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct1Bortle77islandRudolf IslandRussiaRussia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan1Bortle77islandTongatapuTongaTonga21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep1Bortle77islandRobinson Crusoe IslandChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr3Bortle77islandÆrøDenmarkDenmark21.68 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Nov2Bortle77islandRømøDenmarkDenmark21.76 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Oct–Jan2Bortle77islandNorth IslandNew ZealandNew Zealand21.85 mag/arcsec² · May–Jul3Bortle77islandLollandDenmarkDenmark21.68 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Nov1Bortle77islandKosraeMicronesiaMicronesia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jun–Oct2Bortle76islandIsla Grande de Tierra del FuegoChileChile21.88 mag/arcsec² · Apr–Aug1Bortle76islandEast RennellSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands21.90 mag/arcsec² · Apr–Jun, Aug–Sep1Bortle76islandPalmyra AtollUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar, May–Aug1Bortle76islandBabeldaobPalauPalau21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr2Bortle76islandKo TaoThailandThailand21.80 mag/arcsec² · Feb–Mar1Bortle76islandJaluit AtollMarshall IslandsMarshall Islands21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Sep2Bortle76islandAmrumGermanyGermany21.76 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Nov2Bortle76islandMindanaoPhilippinesPhilippines21.84 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr2Bortle76islandKunashir IslandJapanJapan21.88 mag/arcsec² · Oct1Bortle76islandSt. Lawrence IslandUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jan1Bortle76islandNew BritainPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea21.90 mag/arcsec² · May–Jun, Aug–Oct1Bortle76islandVaygach IslandRussiaRussia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Jan2Bortle76islandFöhrGermanyGermany21.74 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Sep–Nov1Bortle76islandTubuaiFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar, May, Jul–Sep2Bortle75islandHermGuernseyGuernsey21.70 mag/arcsec² · Sep2Bortle75islandHokkaidōJapanJapan21.78 mag/arcsec² · Jan, Oct2Bortle75islandSulawesiIndonesiaIndonesia21.77 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct2Bortle75islandNan MadolMicronesiaMicronesia21.88 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr, Jun, Aug–Sep1Bortle75islandGough IslandUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom21.90 mag/arcsec² · Apr–Jun3Bortle75islandSamsøDenmarkDenmark21.62 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Nov1Bortle75islandSpitsbergenNorwayNorway21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan2Bortle75islandSurtseyIcelandIceland21.88 mag/arcsec² · Nov–Jan2Bortle75islandPríncipeSao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe21.86 mag/arcsec² · May, Nov–Feb1Bortle75islandLítla DímunFaroe IslandsFaroe Islands21.90 mag/arcsec² · Nov2Bortle75islandBelitung IslandIndonesiaIndonesia21.85 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Aug1Bortle75islandGuadalcanalSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands21.89 mag/arcsec² · Apr–Jun, Aug–Sep1Bortle75islandEdgeøyaNorwayNorway21.90 mag/arcsec² · Dec–Jan3Bortle75islandAlderneyGuernseyGuernsey21.65 mag/arcsec² · Sep1Bortle75islandPohnpeiMicronesiaMicronesia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Mar–Apr, Jun, Aug–Sep2Bortle75islandOrchid IslandTaiwanTaiwan21.69 mag/arcsec² · Jul–Sep3Bortle75islandTsushima IslandJapanJapan21.49 mag/arcsec² · Oct–Jan

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