Pig's and Perseids with UK Astronomy
Saturday 12th August 2023 from 18:00pm to 23:00pm
Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary
Newton Longville, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0BH
Join Ross from UK Astronomy and see the peak of the Perseids meteor shower in this fundraising event for the Curly Tails pig sanctuary. Feed the pigs at sunset, enjoy a presentation on astronomy and look out for shooting stars!
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.
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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 12th Aug
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.
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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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