Summer Highlights and Perseids at Wembury
Saturday 13th August 2022 from 21:00pm to Sunday 14th August 2022 00:00am
Wembury Beach Car Park
Wembury, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 0HP
Jon astronomers from the Plymouth Astronomical Society at Wembury for an evening of star gazing on the peak of the Perseids meteor shower. They will have three quality telescopes to view some summer highlights.
Such highlights include the Moon, Saturn, Great Hercules Cluster, Ring and Dumbell Nebulas and more. Plus, hopefully, some bright Perseids to boot!
Note that this event is weather dependent, please check the Facebook event for any alternative arrangements.
Please note that this has already taken place on 13/08/2022
Event organiser
Plymouth Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Plymouth Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Plymouth Astronomical Society
Facebook: Plymouth Astronomical Society
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 13th Aug
Sun 14th Aug
Local light pollution
Wembury Beach Car Park is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural 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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