The BIG Sleep Stargazing Sleepout
Friday 24th May 2024 from 20:00pm to Saturday 25th May 2024 10:00am
Messems West
Place Farm, Court Street, Wiltshire, SP3 6LW, South West England
Bed down for one night at this thirteenth century barn and watch the stars unfold above you. This fabulous, never been done before event welcomes community minded supporters together with families with children over the age of eight. The event promises to change the lives of homeless and vulnerable people in the local area needing our care.
You will be invited to join Pippa Haywood for a moving Moonlit or Twilight Walk, where we will remember those less fortunate through poetry while celebrating the natural landscape around us.
You will also be joined by the fabulous Cranborne Chase National Landscape team, who will talk through the astronomical dark night sky.
In addition you will be joined by several astronomers who will allow you to look through telescopes where we (hopefully) can see the constellations for ourselves.
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/05/2024
Event booking
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.
Fri 24th May
Sat 25th May
Local light pollution
Messems West is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
-
Urban
-
Suburban
-
Semi-rural
-
Rural
-
Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.