Shooting Stars at Cosmic Cwtsh
Saturday 12th August 2023 from 21:30pm to Sunday 13th August 2023 00:00am
Gwaelod-y-rhos car park
Elan Valley, Rhayader, Powys, LD6 5HE
Come and join the Elan Valley Dark Skies Team and watch the most spectacular meteor shower of the year, the Perseids. The team will be on hand to show you some constellations, the Milky Way and will have their telescopes ready to view some celestial objects in closer detail. We will also see some spectacular shooting stars under the skies of the Elan Valley Dark Sky Park.
Please note, this is a weather dependent event. If you would like to come along, it is essential that you book your place by emailing the Elan Valley Dark Skies Team at [email protected] so that they can keep in touch.
Please note that this has already taken place on 12/08/2023
Event organiser
Elan Valley Trust is organising this event
Please contact Elan Valley Trust directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Elan Valley Trust
Twitter: @Elan_Valley
Facebook: Elan Valley Trust
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.
Sat 12th Aug
Sun 13th Aug
Local light pollution
Gwaelod-y-rhos car park is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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