Stargazing at Island Riding Centre

Name: Stargazing at Island Riding Centre
Start: 2021-10-23T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2021-10-23T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Island Riding Centre

Saturday 23rd October 2021 from 18:30pm to 21:00pm

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Island Riding Centre
Staplers Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2NB

Join in on this fundraising event raising money for White Horse CIC, run in collaboration with the Vectis Astronomical Society. Chat with real astronomers, look through their powerful telescopes and learn about the constellations above. Also fancy dress prizes, a raffle and an astronomy presentation in the safari village. Call Island Riding Centre office to book!

Please note that this has already taken place on 23/10/2021

Event organiser

Vectis Astronomical Society is organising this event

Please contact Vectis Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Vectis Astronomical Society
Facebook: Vectis Astronomical Society

Event booking

Call the Island Riding Centre office on 01983 214000 to book.

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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.

Sat 23rd Oct

Waning Gibbous

95 % illuminated

Dark from 18:08 to 18:14

Dark for 0h 5m

Local light pollution

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