Solar viewing with Cardiff Astronomical Society
Saturday 24th September 2022 from 10:00am to 16:00pm
Brecon - Libanus Mountain Centre
Libanus, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8ER, Wales
Come and view our nearest star (the Sun) SAFELY through specialist and purposely designed telescopes. All life on Earth depends on it!
Cardiff Astronomical Society will be at the Brecon Beacons National Park Visitor Centre, Libanus, on Saturday, September 24th, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for the public to do SAFE solar viewing and view some sunspots, prominences, or flares.
There will be plenty of information available courtesy of the Science and Technology Facilities Council to help you understand what you are observing. There is no need to book and the event is FREE.
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/09/2022
Event organiser
Brecon Beacons National Park is organising this event
Please contact Brecon Beacons National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Brecon Beacons National Park
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 24th Sep
Local light pollution
Brecon - Libanus Mountain Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural 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.
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