Introduction to Night Photography
Friday 21st February 2025 from 19:00pm to Saturday 22nd February 2025 22:00pm
Strata Florida Abbey
Abbey Road, Pontrhydfendigaid, Dyfed, SY25 6ES
Two evenings of instruction by Dafydd Wyn Morgan, and the chance to take your own photographs of the night sky against the iconic landscape of Strata Florida.
Set in the Cambrian Mountains, renowned for its low light pollution, Strata Florida has astounding dark skies.
It’s on the Cambrian Mountains Astro Trail and is less than a mile from a Dark Sky Discovery Site.
Please note that this has already taken place on 21/02/2025
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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.
Fri 21st Feb
Sat 22nd Feb
Local light pollution
Strata Florida Abbey is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Forthcoming events
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