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Stargazing at Dunkery Beacon Country House Hotel

Stargazing at Dunkery Beacon Country House Hotel

Friday 16th October 2020 from 16:00pm to Saturday 31st October 2020 12:00pm

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Dunkery Beacon Country House
Wooten Courtenay, Dunster, TA24 8RH, South West

Book a stay in this boutique accommodation and the chef proprietor John Bradley who is a keen amateur astronomer will be delighted to asisst you with spotting constellations and planets with the naked eye or using his telescope. Special rates are on offer in celebration of the Exmoor National Park Dark Skies Festival 2020.

Please note that this event has already taken place on 16/10/2020

Event organiser

Exmoor National Park

Exmoor National Park is organising this event

Please contact Exmoor National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/
Twitter: @exmoornp
Facebook: Exmoor National Park

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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 16th Oct

New Moon
1% illuminated
Dark from 18:30 to 05:30
Dark for 10h 59m

Sat 17th Oct

New Moon
0% illuminated
Dark from 18:28 to 05:31
Dark for 11h 2m

Sun 18th Oct

New Moon
2% illuminated
Dark from 18:26 to 05:33
Dark for 11h 6m

Mon 19th Oct

Waxing Crescent
7% illuminated
Dark from 18:55 to 05:34
Dark for 10h 39m

Tue 20th Oct

Waxing Crescent
14% illuminated
Dark from 19:35 to 05:36
Dark for 10h 1m

Wed 21st Oct

Waxing Crescent
23% illuminated
Dark from 20:25 to 05:37
Dark for 9h 12m

Thu 22nd Oct

First Quarter
34% illuminated
Dark from 21:27 to 05:39
Dark for 8h 12m

Fri 23rd Oct

First Quarter
44% illuminated
Dark from 22:34 to 05:41
Dark for 7h 7m

Sat 24th Oct

First Quarter
55% illuminated
Dark from 23:46 to 05:42
Dark for 5h 56m

Sun 25th Oct

First Quarter
65% illuminated
Dark from 00:57 to 05:44
Dark for 4h 47m

Mon 26th Oct

Waxing Gibbous
74% illuminated
Dark from 02:06 to 05:45
Dark for 3h 39m

Tue 27th Oct

Waxing Gibbous
82% illuminated
Dark from 03:15 to 05:47
Dark for 2h 32m

Wed 28th Oct

Waxing Gibbous
89% illuminated
Dark from 04:22 to 05:48
Dark for 1h 26m

Thu 29th Oct

Waxing Gibbous
94% illuminated
Dark from 05:29 to 05:50
Dark for 0h 21m

Fri 30th Oct

Full Moon
98% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Sat 31st Oct

Full Moon
100% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Local light pollution

Dunkery Beacon Country House is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.

The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.

Light pollution map of Dunkery Beacon Country House

Forthcoming events

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  • Stargazing Supper Evening with Dunkery Beacon Country House

    Tuesday 16th November 2021 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

    Dunkery Beacon Country House, Wooten Courtenay, Dunster, TA24 8RH, South West

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