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Czech astronomers create country’s third dark skies reserve in western Bohemia

Czech astronomers create country’s third dark skies reserve in western Bohemia

Český rozhlas, 18.9.2014.

As of this week the Czech Republic has a third dark skies reserve in the Manětín region, in western Bohemia. Its opening on Monday attracted amateur astronomers from around the country as well as the mayors of the ten villages located in the area. I spoke to one of the country’s leading astrophysicists Jiří Grygar about why this particular region was chosen and what has put the Czech Republic at the head of this trend on the European and world scale.

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