Stargazing in the Cemetery
Sunday 16th March 2025 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
The Samuel Worth Chapel
Cemetery Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8NT
Join us for Stargazing In The Cemetery where you will learn the basics and get hands on with telescopes. We’ll be hosting this event in the atmospheric Samuel Worth Chapel where we’ll be serving cakes, hot drinks, wine, beer, and mulled cider.
The evening will consist of two talks and an opportunity to look through some of Sheffield Astronomical Society’s amazing telescopes which will be set up on the Cemetery green space (Montague Street).
This will be a chance to chance to look at Jupiter, The Orion Nebula and some star clusters.
This event is for adults and kids (recommended age 8+). All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Please note that this has already taken place on 16/03/2025
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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.
Sun 16th Mar
Local light pollution
The Samuel Worth Chapel is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban 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.