A stargazing camping festival is held at the Haba Lake ecotourism area in Yanchi county of Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, from Aug 11 to 13, 2023. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"Located in a nature reserve, the Haba Lake Observatory offers an excellent environment for stargazing, with the absence of light pollution and the open landscape of grasslands and deserts providing a clear view of the sky," said Liu Pushun, the director of the Haba Lake Observatory.

He said that on clear summer nights, people can see the Milky Way, over 3,000 stars that are very bright, more than 40 constellations in the northern sky, and other objects in space like nebulae and galaxies.