Mars Observation Evening at the Bruce Observatory
Friday 23rd October 2020 from 20:00pm to 21:30pm
Bruce Observatory - Whitby School
Prospect Hill, Whitby, YO21 1LA
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.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 23/10/2020
Event organiser
North York Moors National Park is organising this event
Please contact North York Moors National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/discover/dark-skies
Twitter: @northyorkmoors
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Event booking
Event 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 23rd Oct
Local light pollution
Bruce Observatory - Whitby School is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.