Stargazing at Martin Mere with Liverpool Astronomical Society
Saturday 28th October 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:30pm
WWT Martin Mere
Fish Lane, Burscough, Lancashire, L40 0TA
Join the friendly astronomers from the Liverpool Astronomical Society for an evening of stargazing at WWT Martin Mere. The group will have information displays; there will be various activities, informal presentations, and telescopes outside if weather permits. This event occurs at the same time as a partial lunar eclipse!
Please note that this has already taken place on 28/10/2023
Event organiser
Liverpool Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Liverpool Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Liverpool Astronomical Society
Twitter: @liverpoolas
Facebook: Liverpool 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.
Sat 28th Oct
Local light pollution
WWT Martin Mere is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-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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