Exmoor Dark Skies Walking and Star Gazing Holiday

Name: Exmoor Dark Skies Walking and Star Gazing Holiday
Start: 2022-10-23T11:00:00+00:00
End: 2022-10-26T11:00:00+00:00
Location: Simonsbath House Hotel

Sunday 23rd October 2022 from 12:00pm to Wednesday 26th October 2022 12:00pm

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Simonsbath House Hotel
Simonsbath, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 7SH, South West

Enjoy a stargazing break to Exmoor Dark Sky Reserve, staying at the fabulous Simonsbath House Hotel, with the company of astronomer Jo Richardson FRAS. Includes accommodation, meals, guided walks and observing using telescopes, weather permitting.

Please note that this has already taken place on 23/10/2022

Event booking

Please get in touch with the Simonsbath House Hotel for all booking enquiries.

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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 23rd Oct

Waning Crescent

7 % illuminated

Dark from 18:19 to 05:25

Dark for 11h 5m

Mon 24th Oct

New Moon

3 % illuminated

Dark from 18:17 to 05:42

Dark for 11h 24m

Tue 25th Oct

New Moon

0 % illuminated

Dark from 18:15 to 05:44

Dark for 11h 28m

Wed 26th Oct

New Moon

0 % illuminated

Dark from 18:13 to 05:45

Dark for 11h 31m

Local light pollution

Simonsbath House Hotel is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.