Stargazing with Kevin Quinn
Friday 24th February 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
The Pulpit Inn
Southwell, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2JT
Join the team from b-side for an evening of stargazing at Portland Bill on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, with local astronomer Kevin Quinn.
Kevin has been fascinated by astronomy for nearly twenty years and regularly leads public stargazing sessions in Cerne Abbas and Maiden Castle and writes for Dorset-Eye magazine and The West Dorset Magazine.
Meet at the car park of the Pulpit Inn; please dress for the weather and wear footwear suitable for walking on rough ground.
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/02/2023
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: Kevin Quinn
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 24th Feb
Local light pollution
The Pulpit Inn is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-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.
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