Fort Victoria Country Park & Planetarium
Island Planetarium, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, PO41 0RR, South East
The car park at Fort Victoria is open to the public and an easily accessible observing site with dark skies and good cover from local light pollution.
The country park is also home to the Island Planetarium run by enthusiastic local astronomers. The planetarium is open every day during the summer — during winter stargazing events are held on evenings and weekends. A fantastic place to venture if holidaying on the Isle of Wight.
Location events organiser
West Wight Stargazing Group organises events at this location
Please contact West Wight Stargazing Group directly with any enquiries relating to visiting this location
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.islandastronomy.co.uk/
Weather forecast
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21/05/22
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21/05/22
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22/05/22
10° 18% -
22/05/22
9° 18%
Weather forecast for Yarmouth (1.0 miles away) updated 21/05/22 at 20:00.
Local light pollution
Fort Victoria Country Park & Planetarium is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Fort Victoria Country Park & Planetarium
Best time to visit
The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.
Sat 21st May
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Find more dates
If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!
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