Jupiter - The King of the Gods and Planets

Name: Jupiter - The King of the Gods and Planets
Start: 2023-10-25T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-10-25T21:00:00+00:00
Location: North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory

Wednesday 25th October 2023 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm

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North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
Twingness, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2BE

Enjoy a presentation by Dr Wolf Fruh about Jupiter, its weather, Moons and ring system. There may be an opportunity to observe the planet as it approaches opposition using telescopes and binoculars.

Jupiter - The King of the Gods and Planets poster

Please note that this has already taken place on 25/10/2023

Event organiser

North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group is organising this event

Please contact North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group
Facebook: North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group

Event booking

Please get in touch with Alex on 07809 770082 if you are interested in attending this event.

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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.

Wed 25th Oct

Waxing Gibbous

81 % illuminated

Dark from 03:13 to 05:43

Dark for 2h 30m

Local light pollution

North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.