Astronomical observatory in western Japan

Astronomical observatory in western Japan

Stars of the Milky Way shine over the Bisei Astronomical Observatory in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2017. Bisei is known as a place for observing beautiful stars and enacted a no-lighting ordinance to preserve dark skies in 1989. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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