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Milky Way over Yosemite National Park
No telescope required
All of the stars that you see in the night sky are part of the Milky Way galaxy, and some part of it is visible every night. But when people speak of seeing the Milky Way with the naked eye, they usually mean the cloud-like stretch of stars that can only be seen in especially clear skies. Unless you live way out in the sticks, a good glimpse of our cosmic neighbourhood requires a little travel to less light-polluted locales like Yosemite National Park.
No telescope required
All of the stars that you see in the night sky are part of the Milky Way galaxy, and some part of it is visible every night. But when people speak of seeing the Milky Way with the naked eye, they usually mean the cloud-like stretch of stars that can only be seen in especially clear skies. Unless you live way out in the sticks, a good glimpse of our cosmic neighbourhood requires a little travel to less light-polluted locales like Yosemite National Park.
This national park in the most populous US state is just remote enough to offer spectacular stargazing.
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