Astronomical Observing Evening with Newbury Astronomical Society

Name: Astronomical Observing Evening with Newbury Astronomical Society
Start: 2023-10-13T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-10-13T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre

Friday 13th October 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

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Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre
Lower Way, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 3FU

This event will feature observations of the Thatcham Night Sky, if clear, using Newbury Astronomical Society’s telescopes and Astronomical displays and demonstrations inside the Discovery Centre. Short talks on various aspects of astronomy will also feature.

Please note that this has already taken place on 13/10/2023

Event organiser

Newbury Astronomical Society is organising this event

Please contact Newbury Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Newbury Astronomical Society
Twitter: @newburyastro
Facebook: Newbury Astronomical Society

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.

Fri 13th Oct

New Moon

3 % illuminated

Dark from 18:29 to 05:14

Dark for 10h 44m

Local light pollution

Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.