Location description
This listed building located in the centre of Aldershot Garrison comes under the proud guardianship of Farnham Astronomical Society. It is home to an original 8-inch cell refractor telescope mounted on an equatorial pillar with counterweight clockwork drive, built in 1891 by the famous Sir Howard Grubb of Dublin. With the exception of infrequent public open evenings visits to the observatory are by arrangement only.
Location event organiser
Farnham Astronomical Society organises stargazing events at this location.
Observatory
Location has an observatory that is accessible to the public by prior arrangement or during public events.
Tonight's weather forecast
19/02
18:00
9°
16%
19/02
21:00
9°
7%
20/02
00:00
9°
8%
20/02
03:00
9°
49%
20/02
06:00
8°
55%
Weather forecast for Alpine Snowsports Farnborough (0.64 miles away) updated 19/02/20 at 20:03.
Location light pollution
This location is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a urban setting based on satellite data from CPRE.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
