Stargazing Evening with Space Detectives
Monday 28th October 2024 from 18:30pm to 21:30pm
Westerclose House Cottages
Withypool, Exmoor, Somerset, TA24 7QR
A fun, educational evening with astronomers Jo & Pete Richardson from Space Detectives (www.spacedetectives.com). An opportunity to learn all about stars, galaxies and the Exmoor Dark Sky Reserve and put questions to our experts! We’ll have a telescope available to view the stars and planets and a planetarium projection. Supper will be provided.
This event takes place as part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2024, running from the 18th of October to the 3rd November.
Event organiser
Space Detectives is organising this event
Please contact Space Detectives directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Space Detectives
Facebook: Space Detectives
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.
Mon 28th Oct
Local light pollution
Westerclose House Cottages is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural 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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