Pigs and Perseids - August 2023

Name: Pigs and Perseids - August 2023
Start: 2023-08-12T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-08-12T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary

Saturday 12th August 2023 from 18:00pm to 22:30pm

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Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary
Newton Longville, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0BH

Join the team from UK Astronomy for this fundraising event at Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary. The event is timed to take place near the peak of the annual Perseids meteor shower and includes stargazing if the weather permits and talks and presentations if the clouds roll in!

Please note that this has already taken place on 12/08/2023

Event organiser

UK Astronomy is organising this event

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

Email: [email protected]
Website: UK Astronomy
Facebook: UK Astronomy

Event booking

Please book via the Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary website.

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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 12th Aug

Waning Crescent

17 % illuminated

Dark from 21:02 to 00:50

Dark for 3h 47m

Local light pollution

Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.