Heaton Park Astronomy Group Open Day 2022
Sunday 25th September 2022 from 11:00am to 16:00pm
Heaton Park Farm Centre
Middleton Road, Manchester, Lancashire, M25 2SW
Discover more about the Heaton Park Astronomy Group, their meetings and stargazing sessions at the Heaton Park Farm Centre in the classroom behind the Stables Cafe.
If the weather is good, there may also be an opportunity for solar observing where you can look at the Sun safely using special telescopes!
Please note that this has already taken place on 25/09/2022
Event organiser
Heaton Park Astronomy Group is organising this event
Please contact Heaton Park Astronomy Group directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: hpag@hpag.co.uk
Website: Heaton Park Astronomy Group
Twitter: @hpastrogroup
Facebook: Heaton Park Astronomy Group
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.
Sun 25th Sep
Local light pollution
Heaton Park Farm Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban 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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