Stargazing at Durlston Country Park
Thursday 12th August 2021 from 21:00pm to 23:00pm
Durlston Astronomy Centre and Observatory
Durlston Country Park, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2JL
Join the Wessex Astronomical Society to use telescopes to view the Perseid Meteors, Jupiter, Saturn and the Summer Constellations. £3 per person. Weather dependent.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 12/08/2021
Event organiser
Wessex Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Wessex Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.wessex-astro.org.uk/
Facebook: Wessex Astronomical Society
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.
Thu 12th Aug
Local light pollution
Durlston Astronomy Centre and Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Durlston Astronomy Centre and Observatory
Forthcoming events
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