Alston Moor Observatory Welcome Night
Thursday 31st October 2024 from 18:30pm to 21:00pm
Alston Moor Observatory
Alston Moor Golf Club, Penrith, Cumbria, CA9 3DB, North West England
Come along to this fabulous stargazing opportunity on Alston Moor. It’s a combination of introduction to the new observatory, themed talks, and (weather permitting) stargazing.
This will be a double event in one evening: firstly there will be a stargazing event with talks and stargazing; and secondly it is an ideal opportunity to see the brand new observatory which has been developed at the Alston Moor Golf Club.
As well as the observatory telescope there will access to binoculars and indoors presentation on screen and slides – also with images shown directly from telescope and camera.
This event is part of the North Pennines Stargazing Festival 2024, which will run from October 25th to November 3rd, 2024. #NorthPennStarFest24 #NPennDarkSkies
Event organiser
North Pennines National Landscape is organising this event
Please contact North Pennines National Landscape directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: North Pennines National Landscape
Twitter: @NorthPennAONB
Facebook: North Pennines National Landscape
Event booking
Event darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Thu 31st Oct
Local light pollution
Alston Moor Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Forthcoming events
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