Stargazing and meteor spotting at Pitstone Windmill

Name: Stargazing and meteor spotting at Pitstone Windmill
Start: 2022-10-21T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2022-10-21T22:00:00+00:00
Location: Pitstone Windmill

Friday 21st October 2022 from 20:00pm to 23:00pm

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Pitstone Windmill
Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 9EH

Join a friendly bunch of amateur stargazers at Pitstone Windmill for an informal stargazing session and spotting Orionid meteors!

This session is the first gathering of the Hemel Hempstead Astronomy Club. The organiser, Katy, will have her telescope for you to observe the planets Saturn, Jupiter and Mars.

This event is an excellent opportunity to meet other astronomy club members and join the conversation about what kind of events you’d like to see in the future.

Please contact the organisers via their Facebook page if you want to attend.

Please note that this has already taken place on 21/10/2022

Event booking

For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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 Oct

Waning Crescent

21 % illuminated

Dark from 18:10 to 02:38

Dark for 8h 27m

Local light pollution

Pitstone Windmill is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.