Evening Astronomy with Bath Astronomers
Thursday 17th December 2020 from 20:00pm to 23:00pm
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
19 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL, South West
Evening observing session from the house and garden of 18th century brother and sister astronomers William and Caroline Herschel. The planet Uranus was discovered from the garden here, by William, in 1781. Generously supported by volunteers from Bath Astronomers
Please note that this event has already taken place on 17/12/2020
Event organiser
Herschel Museum of Astronomy is organising this event
Please contact Herschel Museum of Astronomy directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent 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 17th Dec
Local light pollution
Herschel Museum of Astronomy is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.