Dedham Vale Dark Sky Fair 2024

Name: Dedham Vale Dark Sky Fair 2024
Start: 2024-04-07T14:30:00+00:00
End: 2024-04-07T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Boxted Village Hall

Sunday 7th April 2024 from 15:30pm to 22:00pm

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Boxted Village Hall
Cage Lane , Boxted Cross, Essex, CO4 5RE

To commemorate the International Dark Skies Week 2024, Dedham Vale are holding a FREE Dark Skies Fair at Boxted Village Hall on Sunday April 7th from 3:30pm to 10:00pm. There will be lots of activities for both young and old.

There will be a number of speakers to talk about the night skies and the effects of the encroaching light pollution on our beautiful National Landscape. Topics will range from Wildlife and Nature to our own health. There will also be a number of astronomy talks including: recognising the night skies, our solar system, and buying a telescope.

In addition, the event includes practical workshops where there will be a number of experts on hand to help you with telescope workshops and one to one advice sessions. If you want to know something about your equipment then bring it along and they will show you how to use it.

This is a free event and no prior booking is required, however please email [email protected] to let them know how many of you will be attending.

Please note that this has already taken place on 07/04/2024

Event organiser

Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign is organising this event

Please contact Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign
Facebook: Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign

Event booking

Please email [email protected] to let them know how many of you will be attending.

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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.

Sun 7th Apr

Waning Crescent

5 % illuminated

Dark from 19:58 to 03:55

Dark for 7h 56m

Local light pollution

Boxted Village Hall is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.