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Let me try to revive this group.... ;-) From your experience - what are the best / darkest / most convenient places in Switzerland to take your telescope to for a shooting session? (no, "my garden" is not an applicable answer) |
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For me definitely the big parking lot on Gantrisch (Stierhütte Parking), very easy to reach, quite high with 1650m and beautyful skies with great visibility of the milky way. Sometimes a bit crowded but you can't have everything..... Because of this it is perhaps not the best place for visual observers, but for photography the constant flow of cars in and out of the parking lot does not matter much. Thanks for trying to revive this group! Michael |
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It goes up to 1800m, and is a big big region. MP me if you want I can recommend a place there. Cheers and CS, Carl |
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Schwenden sounds like a good tip, I was never there for Astrophotography, only for hiking. In the good old days when there were not clouds simply everywhere all the time it looked as if diemtigtal often was clear when the conditions on Gantrisch were not that good. What I forgot to mention is that wind can sometimes be an issue on Gantrisch, it pays off to check before driving there. Another place I sometimes go to when there is no fog is the parking lot on Chutzen (Belpberg) it is by far not as high as Gantrisch with roughly 850m but when your target is high enough in the sky and not in direction of Bern then it is also a good option. |
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| Col du Sanetsch is also à nice option directly accessible by car in summer. Of note the road is closed in winter. |
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I have been around Col-du-Pillon (1550m), there is no body there, only have to find a good spot away from the cable car station. Indeed, thanks Sascha for breathing some life into this group. Hi Carl, There is a spot in the vallée des Ormonts which is quite nice for northeastern to southeastern targets: Chemin de la Lé: https://goo.gl/maps/aNubJxoEuFxJUtEP7 46°22'14.4"N 7°07'50.2"E. Altitude 1800m. You'll have "la chaine du Pic Chaussy" in your back, while the mountains in front of you will be less than 20° higher than your scope. Reachable in summer. In winter the road is closed of course. But this season it was reachable until October and from mid-March given the snow conditions! I live across the valley in La Forclaz, where I have my fixed pier. But on occasion, I go there, like during the planet alignment in 2022. There is a broad place where one can easily park and setup gear. Only visitors may be a few (curious) cows between June and late August. Cheers and CS Manuel |
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5. If you want the best possible sky "not too far", I recommend you drive to France, in "les Cévennes" (~6h from Geneva). The Parc des Baronnies Provençales is nearly as dark (they plan to apply for the dark sky reserve label too) and is only 3 hours from Geneva ;) |
