Solar SUNday Picnic 2023

Name: Solar SUNday Picnic 2023
Start: 2023-06-25T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-06-25T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Regent's Park - Hanover Green

Sunday 25th June 2023 from 11:00am to 16:00pm

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Regent's Park - Hanover Green
Hanover Terrace, London, London, NW1 4NU, London

Returning to Regent’s Park for the ninth time, the Baker Street Irregular Astronomers shall be observing the Sun with solar scopes (and binoculars) and having a picnic.

The annual solar SUNday picnic is always a social event, Irregulars have the chance to again see and chat to each other over a leisurely lunch on the grass. Many Irregulars bring solar telescopes and white filtered binoculars to the event, happily sharing the solar viewing with others, especially supervised children.

Please join them for a family-friendly fun-day SUN-day! Everyone is welcome!

If you will be attending, please email Eric Emms with the names of your party so he knows that you are coming!

Please note that this has already taken place on 25/06/2023

Event organiser

Baker Street Irregular Astronomers is organising this event

Please contact Baker Street Irregular Astronomers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Baker Street Irregular Astronomers
Twitter: @BakerStAstro
Facebook: Baker Street Irregular Astronomers

Event booking

Please email Eric Emms with the names of your party so he knows that you are coming!

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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.

Sun 25th Jun

First Quarter

37 % illuminated

Dark from 00:02 to 01:42

Dark for 1h 40m

Local light pollution

Regent's Park - Hanover Green is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.