Cosmic Castle Stargazing

Name: Cosmic Castle Stargazing
Start: 2024-10-11T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-10-11T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Colchester Castle

Friday 11th October 2024 from 19:00pm to 22:00pm

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Colchester Castle
Castle Park, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1TJ, East of England

Join the Tiptree Star Gazers for a starlight spectacular at our Cosmic Castle event from 7-10 PM on 11 October, with doors opening at 6:45 PM. In this enchanting evening, you can explore the wonders of the universe with a planetarium, engaging talks, and space-themed crafts. Weather permitting, you’ll also have the rare opportunity to gaze at the moon through a telescope from the historic grounds of Colchester Castle.

Please note that this has already taken place on 11/10/2024

Event organiser

Tiptree Star Gazers is organising this event

Please contact Tiptree Star Gazers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Tiptree Star Gazers

Event booking

Please book tickets via Colchester + Ipswich museums website

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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 11th Oct

First Quarter

52 % illuminated

Dark from 22:41 to 05:04

Dark for 6h 23m

Local light pollution

Colchester Castle is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.