Mere Sands Wood Stargazing
Friday 24th February 2023 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve
Holmeswood Road, Rufford, Lancashire, L40 1TG, North West
Come and experience an unforgettable night under the stars at our wonderful nature reserve!
Join the fabulous Stargazing Events team, who will be your guide, taking you on an incredible journey through the constellations and along the Milky Way while also showing you how to find all sorts of heavenly objects.
They will also try and show some of the sky wonders through their powerful telescopes and binoculars. These are all operated by local astronomers, who will attempt to answer your questions on life, the universe and anything else!
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/02/2023
Event organiser
Robert Ince Stargazing Events is organising this event
Please contact Robert Ince Stargazing Events directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Robert Ince Stargazing Events
Twitter: @Robbieince
Facebook: Robert Ince Stargazing Events
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 24th Feb
Local light pollution
Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural 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.
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