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  "id": "saint-barthelemy-observatory",
  "name": "Osservatorio Astronomico della Valle d'Aosta",
  "shortName": "Saint-Barthélemy (VdA)",
  "region": "Aosta Valley, Italy",
  "country": "Canada",
  "administrativeArea": "Ontario",
  "coordinates": {
    "latitude": 45.81,
    "longitude": 7.48
  },
  "timezone": "Europe/Rome",
  "bortleClass": 3,
  "summary": "1,675 m alpine observatory — Italy's most active public star-party venue.",
  "intro": "The Osservatorio Astronomico della Valle d'Aosta sits at 1,675 m in the Italian Alps. It's Italy's most active public star-party venue, with a planetarium and multiple public telescopes.",
  "established": null,
  "drivingFromToronto": "≈ 1 h from Aosta up the SR36 to Lignan/Saint-Barthélemy.",
  "bestTime": "May–October for accessible mountain roads; winter observing programmes run for those staying in Lignan.",
  "highlights": [
    "Public planetarium and multiple research/public telescopes",
    "Alpine Bortle 3 at 1,675 m",
    "Regular multilingual public sessions"
  ],
  "tips": [
    "Arrive at dusk and give your eyes 20+ minutes to dark-adapt",
    "Use a red headlamp — white light kills night vision",
    "Bring warm layers; European mountain and coastal sites drop sharply after sunset"
  ],
  "whatToSee": "Summer Milky Way high overhead, planets in high-altitude seeing, deep-sky targets from the observatory grounds.",
  "source": null,
  "links": {
    "app": "https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=saint-barthelemy-observatory",
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    "directionsGoogle": "https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Osservatorio%20Astronomico%20della%20Valle%20d'Aosta&travelmode=driving",
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  },
  "attribution": {
    "app": "Clear Night Planner — Ontario Night Sky",
    "url": "https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=saint-barthelemy-observatory",
    "license": "Editorial content © Clear Night Planner. Data freely citable with link back."
  }
}