Telescope Course at the Poltimore Inn Observatory
Saturday 18th January 2025 from 16:00pm to 17:30pm
The Poltimore Observatory and Inn
East Street, North Molton, Devon, EX36 3HR
An opportunity to become a fully-fledged user of the Poltimore Inn Observatory and all of its equipment. This 4-week course will help you to understand how to use the high end observatory telescopes and make the most of observing the skies in an Exmoor Dark Sky. On passing the course you will also obtain the pass to use the observatory at a time to suit you (subject to availability and planned events).
Please note that this has already taken place on 18/01/2025
Event organiser
Poltimore Inn Observatory is organising this event
Please contact Poltimore Inn Observatory directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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 18th Jan
Local light pollution
The Poltimore Observatory and Inn is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a 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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