Weekend stargazing with St Neots Astronomy Association
Saturday 18th January 2025 from 19:00pm to 22:00pm
Paxton Pits Nature Reserve
High Street, Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6ET
Join the friendly astronomers from the St Neots Astronomy Association for this weekend observing evening at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve. Telescopes will be provided for you to view amazing objects in the night sky and you are welcome to bring your own equipment for expert help. Note that these events go ahead only if the weather permits observing, we recommend checking with the Society that the event is going ahead.
Please note that this has already taken place on 18/01/2025
Event organiser
St Neots Astronomy Association is organising this event
Please contact St Neots Astronomy Association directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent 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.
Sat 18th Jan
Local light pollution
Paxton Pits Nature Reserve is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a suburban 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.
Forthcoming events
Below is a list of events at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve. View these events on our calendar, add them to your calendar or Google Calendar.
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