Stargazing Saturday at the Astronomy Centre
Saturday 27th March 2021 from 19:30pm to 23:30pm
The Astronomy Centre
Bacup Road A681, Near Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 7HP
Every Saturday night (weather permitting) the Astronomy Centre opens its observatory doors to the public for an evening of stargazing. This is perhaps the best equipped observatory in the UK hosting a wide range of large aperture telescopes. Please contact the event organisers to check the status of the event you wish to attend.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 27/03/2021
Event organiser
Astronomy Centre is organising this event
Please contact Astronomy Centre directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent 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.
Sat 27th Mar
Local light pollution
The Astronomy Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.