Celebrating the Night Sky in Brightling
Thursday 31st October 2024 from 18:45pm to 21:00pm
Brightling Village Hall
Brightling, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5HH, South East England
Informative talks and workshops on the wonders of the night sky, including:
– Doug Edworthy: impacts of light pollution
– Professor Dave Goulson: insects and the night
– Results from July’s Moth Breakfast: species, numbers and photography from all three traps around the parish
– Have a go at stargazing with Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers.
This event takes place as part of the Wild About Dark Skies Festival 2024.
Event organiser
High Weald National Landscape is organising this event
Please contact High Weald National Landscape directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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Twitter: @highweald
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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
Brightling Village Hall 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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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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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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