OTTER CLIFF VIEW

Bortle Class 4

Humidity 78%

Temp 38F

Date 1/6/2007

Detailed Report

Northeast Harbor

Stellar Magnitude -0.84

Distance 10 km

Jackson Lab/ BH

Stellar Magnitude -5.58

Distance 5 km

Winter Harbor

Stellar Magnitude -4.19

Distance 30 km

Shielded by mountains to the north from the lights of Bar Harbor and Jackson Lab, the sky on this night was not any better than that on Thompson Island at the start of the Acadia All American Road. The site has an excellent southern horizon, where the heart of the Milky Way is visible in the summer and fall, as shown in Tyler Nordgren's photo below.

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