The Island Planetarium at Fort Victoria Country Park is run by enthusiastic local astronomers offering unique tours of the night skies from this dark sky location. The planetarium is open every day during the summer — during winter, stargazing events are held on evenings and weekends. Also, the car park at Fort Victoria is open to the public and an easily accessible dark sky discovery site with dark skies and good cover from local light pollution. A fantastic place to venture if holidaying on the Isle of Wight!
For more details, please see the Island Planetarium website.
Location events organiser
West Wight Stargazing Group organises events at this location
Please contact West Wight Stargazing Group directly with any enquiries relating to visiting this location
Email: [email protected]
Website: West Wight Stargazing Group
Local light pollution
Island Planetarium is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-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.
Best time to visit
The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.
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Find more dates
If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!
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