Messier observing marathon with Nottingham Astronomical Society
Thursday 16th September 2021 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm
Burnside Hall - Plumtree
Plumtree, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 5ND, East Midlands
Join Nottingham Astronomical Society for their Practical Astronomy meeting at Burnside Hall, Plumtree on Thursday, 16th September. Tonight’s event will be a Messier Marathon which involves locating Messier catalogue objects such as galaxies, nebulae and clusters and observing them with telescopes. Refreshments are available. All welcome, no need to book.
Please note that this has already taken place on 16/09/2021
Event organiser
Nottingham Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Nottingham Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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.
Thu 16th Sep
Local light pollution
Burnside Hall - Plumtree is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-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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