Progress in Astronomy's big questions with Chris Lintott
Saturday 30th October 2021 from 14:00pm to 15:30pm
Marlborough College
Bath Road, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1PA
This year’s Marlborough Dark Skies Fest keynote speaker Professor Chris Lintott (BBC Sky at Night, University of Oxford) takes a fresh look at the Universe around us, using the latest data and discoveries to explore how we’re doing in the biggest questions of all – what did the Earth come to be, how did the Universe begin…and is there anyone out there?
Prior booking is required!
This event takes place as part of the Marlborough Dark Skies Fest 2021.
Please note that this has already taken place on 30/10/2021
Event organiser
Marlborough Dark Skies Fest is organising this event
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Event booking
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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 30th Oct
Local light pollution
Marlborough College 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.