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Old 05-09-2016, 07:21 PM
 
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I will be in Omaha this summer and would like know if there are good places(with 100 miles or so) to have a good view of the night sky, especially the Milky Way
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Old 05-09-2016, 08:58 PM
 
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I will be in Omaha this summer and would like know if there are good places(with 100 miles or so) to have a good view of the night sky, especially the Milky Way
The Omaha Astronomical Society has regular public star parties at Mahoney State Park during the summer months; you can see the Milky Way from there. They also host a week-long star party out by Valentine NE, where the skies are some of the darkest left in the continental US, but Valentine is a six-hour drive from Omaha and it may be hard to book a hotel room this late, so that might not be practical for you (though you would love it if you went). Check out the club's website at Omaha Astronomical Society. And you can learn more about the 2016 Nebraska Star Party at Nebraska Star Party

Light pollution is visible from a long way away, but if you can get at least 60 miles or so away from Omaha and Lincoln, the skies will be pretty good for stargazing.

I am a long-time member of OAS (although not as active as I would like to be); feel free to PM me if you want more information.
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Old 06-05-2016, 09:04 PM
 
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Not to mention that Nebraska is in the path of totality of the total solar eclipse in August 2017, with a better chance of fair skies compared to the states east of it (I've been waiting decades for a chance to see totality, and planning to come to NE (from MI) to see it)
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:39 AM
 
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In Western Nebraska light pollution is generated mostly by feedlots. Some of the more conscientious feedlot operators have their lights shielded and mounted on higher poles so the light does not reflect back off the ground.

Growing up in the CO/KS/NE watching cloud formations in the day and the star shows at night were some of the best times of my life. The cloud formations from fifty miles East of Denver to about 250 miles into Kansas and Nebraska are unbelievably beautiful. The sunrises and sunsets are spectacular.
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