Stargazers Lounge Star Party 2026
Friday 17th April 2026 from 16:00pm to Sunday 19th April 2026 12:00pm
Thorney Lakes Camping and Caravan Park
Thorney, Langport, Somerset, TA10 0DW, South West England
Enjoy an amazing weekend break at a fabulous dark-sky location with friendly and welcoming astronomers! Sponsored by First Light Optics, the event is organised via their Stargazers Lounge online forum, where you’ll join fellow astronomers under dark skies for astro-talks, astronomy equipment vendors, help and advice. Food will be available, including a curry on Friday night and hog roast on Saturday.
More details can be found on Stargazers Lounge on this forum post. Bookings are per pitch (not per person) and can be purchased via the First Light Optics website.
Everyone is welcome, although note that all attendees are asked to abide by “red light rules”, meaning no white light during darkness. This event is highly recommended!
Please note that this has already taken place on 17/04/2026
Event organiser
Stargazers Lounge is organising this event
Please contact Stargazers Lounge directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Stargazers Lounge
Twitter: @SGL_Astro_Forum
Facebook: Stargazers Lounge
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.
Fri 17th Apr
Sat 18th Apr
Sun 19th Apr
Local light pollution
Thorney Lakes Camping and Caravan Park is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Thorney Lakes Camping and Caravan Park
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