Stargazing with Derby and District Astronomical Society (free!)

Name: Stargazing with Derby and District Astronomical Society (free!)
Start: 2024-10-09T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-10-09T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Museum of Making

Wednesday 9th October 2024 from 18:00pm to 22:00pm

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Museum of Making
Silk Mill Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 3AF, East Midlands

Explore the wonders of the night sky with Derby & District Astronomical Society, celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2024
Following the success of our April 2024 event, join us on Cathedral Green for a chance to view the planet Saturn, as well as nebulae, galaxies and star clusters through a variety of powerful telescopes.

Learn to recognise some of the brighter stars and constellations, supported by society members, on hand to answer any questions regarding telescopes, getting into astronomy, or all things astronomy & space related!

Continue your space exploration inside the Museum of Making with the society’s collection of meteorites, and a moon globe signed by Apollo astronauts! Light refreshments will also be available to purchase from the Italian Mill Bar.

Please note that this has already taken place on 09/10/2024

Event organiser

Derby & District Astronomical Society is organising this event

Please contact Derby & District Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Derby & District Astronomical Society
Facebook: Derby & District Astronomical Society

Event booking

Please book tickets via the Museum of Making website.

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.

Wed 9th Oct

First Quarter

32 % illuminated

Dark from 20:09 to 05:09

Dark for 9h 0m

Local light pollution

Museum of Making is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.