[hdz]

A small dense planet, which orbits a star, is orbited by a larger gaseous moon. It's interesting the discovery is in Chile which has some of the best night skies, a Class 1 on the Bortle scale specifically in the Atacama Desert. Hoping to make it out there one day.

[annzabelle]

I recommend it. I'd been living in places that were a class 9 on the bortle scale, with occasional camping trips to places that were a class 5. I recently moved to the south island of New Zealand, and it's a class 4 in town and a class 1 on camping trips nearby. Completely different skies. It's rainy here though, so we don't get cloudless skies nearly as often as Chile does.

[jazzkingrt]

At some point I did some research and the Atacama was suggested to me as the best vantage point on earth for simple skygazing. Definitely on my bucket list.

[dylan604]

Simple stargazing seems to be selling it short. It's the best seeing on the planet. I can do simple skygazing from my backyard. With a four hour drive I can get to a spot for pretty advanced skygazing. The ESO is building the largest telescope man has ever created in a spot you describe as good for "simple skygazing".

[w4der]

The skies are so dark and clear that some of the indigenous people had "constellations" made up of the dark patches in the sky instead of connecting stars.