Saddleworth Astronomy Group Meeting
Wednesday 2nd December 2020 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
Denshaw Village Hall
Ripponden Road, Denshaw, OL3 5SY
Formed in December 2018 the Saddleworth Astronomy Group meet regularly every Wednesday evening at Denshaw Village Hall for a practical Astronomy session.
Friendly local astronomers will have their telescopes on hand for guests to use — throughout the Summer months when the days are longer there will be opportunity to observe the Sun.
Members of the public are always very welcome and if you have a telescope please feel free to take it along!
Please note that this event has already taken place on 02/12/2020
Event organiser
Saddleworth Astronomy Group is organising this event
Please contact Saddleworth Astronomy Group directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Saddleworth Astronomy Group
Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
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.
Wed 2nd Dec
Local light pollution
Denshaw Village Hall is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.