Lunar Eclipse and Planet Mars at Herstmonceux
Friday 27th July 2018 from 20:00pm to Saturday 28th July 2018 01:00am
The Observatory Science Centre
Herstmonceux, Hailsham, BN27 1RN
The Observatory Science Centre at Herstmonceux will be opening its observatory doors this evening for extra special views of the lunar eclipse and also the planet Mars which will be shining brightly due to it’s closest approach to Earth for 15 years!
Please note that this event has already taken place on 27/07/2018
Event organiser
Observatory Science Centre is organising this event
Please contact Observatory Science Centre directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.the-observatory.org/
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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.
Fri 27th Jul
Sat 28th Jul
Local light pollution
The Observatory Science Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.