Open afternoon at EAARO Space Operations Centre
Saturday 2nd October 2021 from 12:00pm to 16:00pm
EAARO Space Operations Centre
Space Operations Centre - Building 1013, Alconbury Airfield, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4XA
An open afternoon to allow you the opportunity to visit East Anglian Astrophysical Research Organisation Space Operation Centre, meet the volunteers, see the facility and learn more about what they do. This open afternoon is a free event; however, to help manage numbers and social distancing, the event is split into four groups, prior booking required.
Please note that this has already taken place on 02/10/2021
Event organiser
East Anglian Astrophysical Research Organisation is organising this event
Please contact East Anglian Astrophysical Research Organisation directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: East Anglian Astrophysical Research Organisation
Twitter: @eaaro
Facebook: East Anglian Astrophysical Research Organisation
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.
Sat 2nd Oct
Local light pollution
EAARO Space Operations Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban 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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