Stargazing and Astrophotography in Brecon with Dark Sky Wales
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 from 23:30pm to Wednesday 24th September 2025 01:30am
Brecon - Libanus Mountain Centre
Libanus, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8ER, Wales
Discover the wonders of the nighttime skies in a small group of fellow stargazers with experienced astronomers and astrophotographers from Dark Sky Wales.
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Learn your way around the constellations, spotting familiar and less-familiar constellations of the northern hemisphere. Find deep-sky objects, including star clusters, galaxies and nebula, using telescopes (provided).
You will also be shown how to set up a telescope correctly before viewing and photographing some magnificent objects. No prior knowledge or equipment is needed, but feel free to bring both!
Event organiser
Dark Sky Wales is organising this event
Please contact Dark Sky Wales directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Dark Sky Wales
Twitter: @AlDarkSkyWales
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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.
Tue 23rd Sep
Wed 24th Sep
Local light pollution
Brecon - Libanus Mountain Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a 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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