Practical Stargazing at Monkton Combe Observatory
Saturday 20th May 2023 from 22:00pm to Sunday 21st May 2023 00:00am
Monkton Combe Community Observatory
Monkton Senior School, Monkton Combe, Avon, BA2 7JE
Bath Astronomers members are setting up telescopes for themselves and prospective members to come and look through and enjoy the night sky together for free.
Get your eyes used to the dark and try to spot the Milky Way arching overhead, or test your eyesight like ancient warriors by splitting stars.
Bring your binoculars and telescope if you have them. This is shared observing rather than guided observing, so you won’t be given a guided tour unless someone kindly volunteers their time.
Stargazing is weather-dependent, so book via the Eventbrite link, and you’ll receive an email to advise if it is cancelled.
Please note that this has already taken place on 20/05/2023
Event organiser
Bath Astronomers is organising this event
Please contact Bath Astronomers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Bath Astronomers
Facebook: Bath Astronomers
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 20th May
Sun 21st May
Local light pollution
Monkton Combe Community Observatory 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.
Forthcoming events
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