Stargazing with Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers

Name: Stargazing with Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers
Start: 2024-03-03T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-03-03T22:00:00+00:00
Location: The Old Bathing Pool - St Leonards on Sea

Sunday 3rd March 2024 from 18:00pm to 22:00pm

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The Old Bathing Pool - St Leonards on Sea
Cinque Ports Way, Saint Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, TN38 0FD

Join the friendly Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers down the seafront at Grosvenor Gardens for night sky viewing, with Jupiter still bright and its moons, some galaxies and the Orion Nebula to see through the telescopes. Setting up at 6pm and viewing till about 10pm.

Please note that this has already taken place on 03/03/2024

Event organiser

Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers is organising this event

Please contact Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers
Facebook: Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers

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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.

Sun 3rd Mar

Third Quarter

56 % illuminated

Dark from 18:53 to 03:05

Dark for 8h 11m

Local light pollution

The Old Bathing Pool - St Leonards on Sea is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.