Astronomy in france for holliday: Light Pollution map

[frédogoto]

hi all

if you want to go in france next summer , don't forget you telescop

on this url, : Map of dark sky in france, belgium, west suisserland,

http://avex.org.free.fr/cartes-pl/france/carte-france.html

3 size :

mega size PDF (35mo) 1m75 large : all town and village are ident

middle size A3x2 (42x42 cm) : The most important town and village

If you have a small web conection, you can use streaming map

http://ftapissier.free.fr/pl/zoom.html

have fun and, may be see you on Limousin or Auvergne

I will translate legend later but

white = very bad,

black = best

[MartinB]

Fantastic location. Wonder if Naz is looking at this? Wouldn't mind joining him.

[daz]

Thanks for that Fredo!!!

Good thinking Martin - perhaps an SGL trip next year?? :)

P.S. Welcome to SGL

[Jamie]

Me and a few of the guys at our local AS are planing a trip to this place next year.

http://www.lesgrangesastro.talktalk.net/index.htm

Welcome to Stargazers frédogoto enjoy your stay.

[MartinB]

Jamie, I had a climbing holiday at Orpiere a few years ago. It is a fantastic location

[Jamie]

Jamie, I had a climbing holiday at Orpiere a few years ago. It is a fantastic location

We are looking into taking a transit van and a car so that at least 6 of us can go and take

as much astro kit as we want.

From Glasgow its 1050 miles each way and a 17.5 hr drive to get there.

[daz]

Ouch! That's a drive and a half!!

[frédogoto]

tx boys

[FLO]

Welcome aboard frédogoto

[madjohn]

Just seen this thread. I'm thinking of living in France at some point soon and am looking for an area that's clear and dark but doesn't suffer with weather extremes.
I have stayed at Les Granges hosted by the awesome dude Olly Penrice but I was wondering if anybody knew of any other areas I should consider?
I am attracted to the Limousin area because it's sparsely populated and has high mountains and foothills plus the Auvergne area.

Any advice gratefully appreciated

John