Sweet Briar Marshes: Winter stargazing
Wednesday 29th January 2025 from 18:00pm to 19:30pm
Sweet Briar Marshes
Hellesdon Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 5EG, East of England
Can you find the North Star? Join us on this introduction to the night sky to find out how. We will also find other interesting objects including Jupiter, double stars and star clusters and use constellations to navigate the night sky.
Do bring along your own binoculars and a red torch/rear bicycle light if you have them. You can also download free night sky navigation apps to your phone.
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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.
Wed 29th Jan
Local light pollution
Sweet Briar Marshes 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.
Forthcoming events
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