Walk the Planets and Star Party at Seven Sisters Country Park

Name: Walk the Planets and Star Party at Seven Sisters Country Park
Start: 2025-02-15T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-15T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Seven Sisters Country Park

Saturday 15th February 2025 from 18:00pm to 20:30pm

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Seven Sisters Country Park
Exceat, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 4AD

Join us to “Walk the Planets” at the iconic Seven Sisters Country Park. This short, accessible trail will see the planets laid out to scale and includes an audio trail.

There will also be stargazing with Lewes Astronomical Society, storytelling, VR headsets and games, and award-winning astrophotography.

“Dark Skies” Dan Oakley will be giving a talk on the history of the universe using the South Downs Way, and Prof Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society will be talking on “The Moon: Art, Science and Culture”. You can also enjoy the visitor centre and grab a special deal hot drink and snack. An event for the whole family.

This event takes place as part of the South Downs Dark Skies Festival 2025.

Please note that this has already taken place on 15/02/2025

Event organiser

South Downs National Park is organising this event

Please contact South Downs National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: South Downs National Park
Twitter: @sdnpa
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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.

Sat 15th Feb

Waning Gibbous

94 % illuminated

Dark from 18:28 to 20:43

Dark for 2h 14m

Local light pollution

Seven Sisters Country Park is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.