Stargazing Evening at Damerham
Wednesday 3rd April 2024 from 20:30pm to 22:00pm
Damerham Village Hall
Damerham, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 3HD
Learn more about the sky at night and our wonderful dark sky environment at this free event, taking place during International Dark Sky week and Cranborne Chase National Landscape’s StarFest 2024.
Do bring your own binoculars or telescope if you have them. A number of telescopes will also be set up to show a selection of planets, star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae.
This is a free event, but booking is essential. This event is subject to the weather and may be cancelled or postponed if conditions are bad – please ensure you provide a mobile phone number and email address when booking so that we can advise you of any changes.
Please note that this has already taken place on 03/04/2024
Event organiser
Dark Night Skies Cranborne Chase AONB is organising this event
Please contact Dark Night Skies Cranborne Chase AONB directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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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.
Wed 3rd Apr
Local light pollution
Damerham Village Hall 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.