Stargazing 2025 at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Friday 24th January 2025 from 17:30pm to 20:30pm
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, South East
The 2025 Stargazing at Rutherton Appleton Laboratory will have plenty of activities for the whole family, whatever the weather! There’ll be meteorites, rocket building, comet making, a series of fascinating talks, robots and of course stargazing.
We’ll have some experts on hand to explain how they use the Diamond Light Source to find out more about meteorites and comets, and you’ll be able to visit the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and Central Laser Facility to learn how we use particle accelerators and lasers to learn more about space.
Everyone will be able to talk to our friends at the Newbury Astronomy Society, who will be leading the actual stargazing – and if the weather doesn’t co-operate, they’ll be on hand to show their telescopes indoors, and give advice about astronomy and what can be seen in the night sky on cloudless nights.
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/01/2025
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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 24th Jan
Local light pollution
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a semi-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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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.