The Cerne Abbas Star Party
Friday 6th September 2024 from 12:00pm to Monday 9th September 2024 12:00pm
Cerne Abbas Brewery
Dorchester Road, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, DT2 7JS, South West England
Enjoy a weekend of stargazing with friendly astronomers in the first of what could be a regular star party in the Dorset village of Cerne Abbas, set deep in the heart of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and under very good Bortle class 4 skies. All proceeds will go to the Parkinson’s UK charity.
Preliminary schedule for the event (subject to change):
Friday
Midday – gates open
6-8pm – meet and greet at the brewery taproom, plus a talk (speaker tbc)
Friday night – Observing
Saturday
6-8pm – Talk in the brewery taproom (speaker tbc)
Saturday night – Observing
Sunday
2-4pm – Talk (speaker tbc) followed by a quiz in the brewery taproom
Sunday night – Observing
Monday
Pack up and leave.
Please note that this has already taken place on 06/09/2024
Event organiser
Kevin Quinn is organising this event
Please contact Kevin Quinn directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Kevin Quinn
Twitter: @cerneastro
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.
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Mon 9th Sep
Local light pollution
Cerne Abbas Brewery 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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