Public Stargazing at Monkton Combe Observatory
Monday 13th February 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Monkton Combe Community Observatory
Monkton Senior School, Monkton Combe, Avon, BA2 7JE
Updated 11/02/23 @ 11:45 this event originally scheduled for Saturday, 11th February has been rescheduled to Monday, 13th February. Please register your interest in this event via Eventbrite for updates.
Enjoy a family-friendly stargazing session at the newly renovated Monkton Combe Observatory with the friendly Bath Astronomers.
Enjoy views of planets, Moon, stars, nebulae and galaxies through telescopes with the friendly Bath Astronomers giving tours of the night skies.
Please note that these sessions may be weather dependent. Anyone interested in joining must check the Bath Astronomers website within two hours of the scheduled start time and before travelling to see if this event is still on.
Please note that this has already taken place on 13/02/2023
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.
Mon 13th Feb
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.