Solar Observing at Polstead Exhibition 2024
Saturday 24th August 2024 from 10:00am to 16:00pm
Maria Martins Cottage
Marten's Lane, Colchester, Essex, CO6 5AG, East of England
Polstead Exhibition will be running for the 25th year at Maria Martins Cottage, Martins Lane, Polstead over the August Bank Holiday amongst the many local makers and artists will be the Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Sky Campaign.
Solar telescopes will be available for save viewing of the Sun, as well as displays explaining the reasons for our dark sky project. So come along and view the sunspots and have a chat!
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/08/2024
Event organiser
Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign is organising this event
Please contact Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign
Facebook: Dedham Vale National Landscape Dark Skies Campaign
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 24th Aug
Local light pollution
Maria Martins Cottage 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.