The Women Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of
Friday 24th October 2025 from 19:30pm to 20:30pm
Torre Cider Farm
Washford, Somerset, Somerset, TA23 0LA
Join Simon from Bath Astronomers for an informative and engaging talk all about the Women who discovered what stars are made of 100 years ago this year. A 24-year-old English woman had her astrophysics PhD published based on her work at Harvard College Observatory. It bought together 50 years of effort by Harvard’s women and shattered the contemporary view of astronomy. Bar will be open.
This event takes place as part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2025.
Event organiser
Exmoor National Park is organising this event
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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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Local light pollution
Torre Cider Farm 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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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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