National Astronomy Week at Battlesteads Observatory

Name: National Astronomy Week at Battlesteads Observatory
Start: 2025-02-01T21:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-09T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Battlesteads Observatory

Saturday 1st February 2025 from 21:00pm to Sunday 9th February 2025 23:00pm

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Battlesteads Observatory
The Battlesteads Hotel, Wark, Northumberland, NE48 3LS

Please note that this has already taken place on 01/02/2025

Event organiser

Battlesteads Observatory is organising this event

Please contact Battlesteads Observatory directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
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Twitter: @darksky_obs
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Event booking

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.

Sat 1st Feb

Waxing Crescent

8 % illuminated

Dark from 21:04 to 06:33

Dark for 9h 29m

Sun 2nd Feb

Waxing Crescent

15 % illuminated

Dark from 22:36 to 06:32

Dark for 7h 56m

Mon 3rd Feb

Waxing Crescent

24 % illuminated

Dark from 00:09 to 06:30

Dark for 6h 21m

Tue 4th Feb

First Quarter

35 % illuminated

Dark from 01:44 to 06:29

Dark for 4h 45m

Wed 5th Feb

First Quarter

46 % illuminated

Dark from 03:20 to 06:27

Dark for 3h 7m

Thu 6th Feb

First Quarter

58 % illuminated

Dark from 04:50 to 06:25

Dark for 1h 35m

Fri 7th Feb

First Quarter

68 % illuminated

Dark from 06:05 to 06:23

Dark for 0h 18m

Sat 8th Feb

Waxing Gibbous

78 % illuminated

NO DARKNESS

Sun 9th Feb

Waxing Gibbous

86 % illuminated

NO DARKNESS

Local light pollution

Battlesteads Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.