Got me craving a trip to Chile... I know, not a good time, but may be soon... I have time to plan it properly.
I'm just starting to inquire about ways to do a trip like that. Any suggestions or experiences that members would like to share would be appreciated!
I live near Calgary, Canada, to give you an idea of how far I'd be traveling. To give you an idea of how much of a northerner I am, I have never seen the whole tail of Scorpio, and I've been a keen amateur astronomer all my life.
Perhaps the obvious place to start is the Atacama desert. Latitude 23 degrees south. Have to pick the right time of the year to see the
Should I consider traveling farther south? Santiago will offer many things to do, but light pollution to the night sky. Going to the extreme south, either Punta Arenas, Chile, or Ushuaia, Argentina (Latitude 54 south) would offer even more southern constellations, but poor odds of a clear night sky. So neither of these seem like good ideas (even if I do have to stop in Santiago before another local leg in Chile.
I hope the members who have traveled to the southern hemisphere to experience a "new" sky will have some interesting suggestions to consider.