Perseids Meteor Shower observing with Sheffield Astronomical Society
Saturday 14th August 2021 from 20:00pm to Sunday 15th August 2021 01:00am
Sportsman Inn at Lodge Moor
569 Redmires Road, Sheffield, S10 5NF
Join the friendly astronomers from Sheffield Astronomical Society at one of their favourite stargazing locations to see the Perseids Meteor shower. However, all of their events are open to the public as a courtesy, and as this event is still TBC at the time of adding to Go Stargazing, please do get in touch with them if you are planning to attend this event.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 14/08/2021
Event organiser
Sheffield Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Sheffield Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.sheffieldastro.org.uk/
Twitter: @Sheffield_Astro
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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.
Sat 14th Aug
Sun 15th Aug
Local light pollution
Sportsman Inn at Lodge Moor is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.