See the partial eclipse with the Wiltshire Astronomical Society
Tuesday 25th October 2022 from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Silbury Hill car park
Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1QT
Wiltshire Astronomical Society members will meet at 10 am in the Silbury Hill car park alongside the A4 between Calne and Marlborough to view the partial solar eclipse. You are welcome to join them. Don’t forget some sunscreen! If it is clear, 2 hours of watching the Sun can still burn even in October!
See more details on our guide to viewing the partial eclipse on the 25th of October.
Please note that this has already taken place on 25/10/2022
Event organiser
Wiltshire Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Wiltshire Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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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.
Tue 25th Oct
Local light pollution
Silbury Hill car park is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural 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.