Mid-Kent Astronomical Society Meeting - Sprites, Elves and Gnomes
Friday 29th July 2022 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm
Bredhurst Village Hall
Hurstwood Road, Bredhurst, Kent, ME7 3JZ
Join the Mid-Kent Astronomical Society for a talk by Professor David Rees – Sprites, Elves and Gnomes.
At some point, we have all been amazed at the impressive audible and visual spectacle of a powerful thunderstorm. Blinded by the overwhelming visual spectacle, we are unaware of the powerful processes in the Earth’s upper atmosphere unleashed by these storms called “Transient Luminous Events”. The talk will describe the many fascinating discoveries of the past 30 years
Please note that this has already taken place on 29/07/2022
Event organiser
Mid-Kent Astronomical Society is organising this event
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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 29th Jul
Local light pollution
Bredhurst Village Hall is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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