Night Photography: Photographing the Winter Circle/Hexagon
Friday 28th February 2025 from 19:00pm to Saturday 1st March 2025 22:00pm
Strata Florida Abbey
Abbey Road, Pontrhydfendigaid, Dyfed, SY25 6ES
Two evenings of photographing the winter night sky including views of the Winter Circle/Hexagon made up of some of the brightest stars in the Northern Hemisphere this time of year. Try and capture the Orion Constellation travelling above the Abbey or the Pilgrim.
Please note that this has already taken place on 28/02/2025
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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 28th Feb
Sat 1st Mar
Local light pollution
Strata Florida Abbey is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site 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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