Piddle Valley School Playing Fields
Piddletrenthide, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7QL
Join local astronomer Kevin Quinn for an informal public stargazing session/general astronomy chat at the Piddle Valley School playing field in Piddletrenthide. No booking is required; simply turn up on the night! Please do confirm attendance as soon as you can, though, otherwise the event will not go ahead.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 25/03/2022
Event organiser
Kevin Quinn is organising this event
Please contact Kevin Quinn directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://theastroguy.wordpress.com
Twitter: @cerneastro
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.
Fri 25th Mar
Local light pollution
Piddle Valley School Playing Fields is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Urban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.