Viewing the night sky at Hampstead Observatory

Name: Viewing the night sky at Hampstead Observatory
Start: 2024-10-18T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-10-18T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Hampstead Observatory

Friday 18th October 2024 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm

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Hampstead Observatory
Hampstead Grove, Hampstead, London, NW3 1DU

Join the friendly volunteer astronomers at the Hampstead Observatory for an evening observing the night skies! You’ll have the opportunity to observe through a 6″ Cooke refracting telescope, which dates back to the turn of the 20th century and offers fantastic views of objects from planets to the Moon! This is a free event however requires prior booking via the Eventbrite website.

Please note that this has already taken place on 18/10/2024

Event organiser

Hampstead Scientific Society is organising this event

Please contact Hampstead Scientific Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

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Website: Hampstead Scientific Society
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Event booking

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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.