Space Lates at the National Space Centre - March 2025
Friday 21st March 2025 from 18:00pm to 21:00pm
National Space Centre
Exploration Drive, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 5NS
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to visit the National Space Centre in Leicester for an evening of fantastic guest speakers, planetarium shows, interactive workshops, and live demos.
This month, our Discovery Team will be exploring our nearest star – the Sun. Learn how to safely observe it and find out more about its dynamic nature and the effects it has on our planet.
There will also be an opportunity to explore their galleries after hours and join in stargazing using telescopes with astronomers from the Leicester Astronomical Society.
Event organiser
National Space Centre is organising this event
Please contact National Space Centre directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
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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.
Fri 21st Mar
Local light pollution
National Space Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban 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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