Stargazing at Watchtree Nature Reserve
Thursday 21st March 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
Watchtree Nature Reserve
Great Orton, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA5 6NL
Join the friendly astronomers from the Border Astronomical Society for an evening of stargazing at Watchtree Nature Reserve. Enjoy an informal presentation on astronomy and observe fascinating night-sky objects using telescopes if weather permits. Please reserve your spaces on this event via the Watchtree Nature Reserve website.
Please note that this has already taken place on 21/03/2024
Event organiser
Border Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Border Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Border 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 21st Mar
Local light pollution
Watchtree Nature Reserve 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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