Bruce Observatory - Whitby School
Prospect Hill, Whitby, YO21 1LA
Description
Mars reaches a very favourable opposition for UK observers this October. It presents a wonderful opportunity to see the Red Planet through the Cooke refractor at the Bruce Observatory with Whitby & District Astronomical Society.
Group sizes are limited to no more than 5 people at a time. Each time period will be split into three half hour time slots.
This event is taking place as part of the North York Moors Dark Skies Fringe Festival 2020.
Corona virus
Please be aware that due to the Coronavirus it is likely that this event has been cancelled or postponed. If you are considering attending this event please double check with the event organiser directly to confirm. If this event is indeed affected the organisers will no doubt need your support in the future -- please do consider attending an event of theirs when possible! Thank you!
Organiser
This online event is being organised by North York Moors National Park who should be contacted if you have any queries. If you do attend this online event it would be great if you could let the organiser know you found out about it via Go Stargazing, thank you!
Bookings
To book a time slot email Mark: [email protected] or call 01947 605516
Go to the organiser's web page for this event
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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