Shooting Star Party at Boxted Cross
Saturday 12th August 2023 from 20:00pm to Sunday 13th August 2023 01:00am
Boxted Village Hall
Cage Lane , Boxted Cross, Essex, CO4 5RE
Join the friendly astronomers from the Tiptree Stargazers and Deadham Vales AONB Dark Skies at Boxted Village Hall for an evening of Shooting Stars. 12th August is the height of the Persied Meteor Shower. Enjoy talks about the shooting stars and weather dependant an opportunity to see them.
The event will start at 8 pm and run until late if the weather is clear. There is plenty of parking at the Village Hall, and refreshments will be available. For more details and to book, email [email protected].
Please note that this has already taken place on 12/08/2023
Event organiser
Tiptree Star Gazers is organising this event
Please contact Tiptree Star Gazers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Tiptree Star Gazers
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.
Sat 12th Aug
Sun 13th Aug
Local light pollution
Boxted Village Hall 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.