Dark Skies Stargazing with Space Detectives
Wednesday 27th October 2021 from 18:00pm to 20:00pm
Westerclose House Cottages
Withypool, Exmoor, Somerset, TA24 7QR
Expert speaker/presenter and UK Space Ambassador Jo Richardson FRAS from Space Detectives will lead an Astronomy Workshop – fun and educational for adults and children. The evening will include short presentations interspersed with educational hands-on activities, use of a telescope and a whole lot of audience participation! Light supper/refreshments included.
This event takes place as part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2021.
Please note that this has already taken place on 27/10/2021
Event organiser
Exmoor National Park is organising this event
Please contact Exmoor National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: info@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
Website: Exmoor National Park
Twitter: @exmoornp
Facebook: Exmoor National Park
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.
Wed 27th Oct
Local light pollution
Westerclose House Cottages 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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Semi-rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.