Stargazing in the Brecon Beacons with Dark Sky Wales
Tuesday 30th July 2024 from 23:59pm to Wednesday 31st July 2024 01:59am
Brecon - Libanus Mountain Centre
Libanus, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8ER, Wales
Enjoy a unique opportunity to be part of a group of like-minded individuals and discover the beauty of dark skies free from light pollution.
Experienced astronomers will guide you around the night sky, showing you how to find constellations; you’ll learn both mythology and the science of astronomy.
Telescopes will enable you to view incredible deep-sky objects, including star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. You might also see shooting stars and, on moonless nights, amazing views of the Milky Way arching across the sky.
These stargazing sessions are ideal for beginners; no experience is necessary.
And if you know someone who would enjoy this stargazing session in the Brecon Beacons, you can buy them a stargazing experience voucher.
Please note that this has already taken place on 30/07/2024
Event organiser
Dark Sky Wales is organising this event
Please contact Dark Sky Wales directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Dark Sky Wales
Twitter: @AlDarkSkyWales
Facebook: Dark Sky Wales
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.
Tue 30th Jul
Wed 31st Jul
Local light pollution
Brecon - Libanus Mountain Centre 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.
Forthcoming events
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