Hamsterley Forest Stargazing Group meeting
Thursday 27th October 2022 from 16:30pm to 18:00pm
Hamsterley Forest Visitor Centre
Hamsterley Forest, Bedburn, County Durham, DL13 3NL
This event sees the launch of a new stargazing group at the fabulous dark sky location of Hamsterley Forest.
Meet at 4.30 in the Oak Room for an informal chat on ideas for the group.
Have a walk to our bottom field, approx 20m, to see some stars and planets, weather permitting.
Please bring any binoculars or telescopes that you already have.
A £2 parking charge applies for non-members.
Please note that this has already taken place on 27/10/2022
Event organiser
Hamsterley Stargazing Group is organising this event
Please contact Hamsterley Stargazing Group directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Hamsterley Stargazing Group
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.
Thu 27th Oct
Local light pollution
Hamsterley Forest Visitor Centre 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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