Talk: The Life and Death of Stars

Name: Talk: The Life and Death of Stars
Start: 2025-02-20T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Gilbert White Field Studies Centre

Thursday 20th February 2025 from 19:00pm to 20:00pm

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Gilbert White Field Studies Centre
Selborne, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 3JU

This talk covers how stars are formed, how long they live, what happens to them during their life, and why and how they die.

This is simply explained in relation to what we can see in or near the constellation of Orion, a pattern of stars that many people can recognise in the winter months.

The talk is given by Steve Broadbent BSc FRAS of Hampshire Astronomical Group. Steve has given hundreds of talks at public events and to astronomical societies.

This event takes place as part of the South Downs Dark Skies Festival 2025.

Please note that this has already taken place on 20/02/2025

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South Downs National Park is organising this event

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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.

Thu 20th Feb

Third Quarter

57 % illuminated

Dark from 18:40 to 02:48

Dark for 8h 7m

Local light pollution

Gilbert White Field Studies Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.