Scilly Dark Skies Week 2022

Name: Scilly Dark Skies Week 2022
Start: 2022-10-01T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2022-10-07T21:00:00+00:00
Location: COSMOS Observatory

Saturday 1st October 2022 from 18:00pm to Friday 7th October 2022 22:00pm

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COSMOS Observatory
Signal Row, St Martins, Isles of Scilly, TR25 0QN, South West

The annual Scilly Dark Skies Week returns in 2022 from 1st to 7th October. Enjoy a series of workshops, talks and stargazing sessions on the island and experience the fabulous dark skies above the region. For all enquiries including how to book please contact [email protected]

Please note that this has already taken place on 01/10/2022

Event organiser

Community Observatory St Martins on Scilly is organising this event

Please contact Community Observatory St Martins on Scilly directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Community Observatory St Martins on Scilly

Event booking

For all enquiries including how to book please contact [email protected]

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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 1st Oct

Waxing Crescent

28 % illuminated

Dark from 20:47 to 05:17

Dark for 8h 30m

Sun 2nd Oct

First Quarter

39 % illuminated

Dark from 21:43 to 05:18

Dark for 7h 35m

Mon 3rd Oct

First Quarter

50 % illuminated

Dark from 22:54 to 05:20

Dark for 6h 26m

Tue 4th Oct

First Quarter

61 % illuminated

Dark from 00:15 to 05:21

Dark for 5h 6m

Wed 5th Oct

Waxing Gibbous

72 % illuminated

Dark from 01:41 to 05:23

Dark for 3h 42m

Thu 6th Oct

Waxing Gibbous

82 % illuminated

Dark from 03:06 to 05:24

Dark for 2h 18m

Fri 7th Oct

Waxing Gibbous

90 % illuminated

Dark from 04:28 to 05:26

Dark for 0h 58m

Local light pollution

COSMOS Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.