West Wight Stargazing Group Meeting

Name: West Wight Stargazing Group Meeting
Start: 2021-03-18T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-03-18T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Fort Victoria Country Park & Planetarium

Thursday 18th March 2021 from 00:00am to 21:30pm

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Fort Victoria Country Park & Planetarium
Island Planetarium, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, PO41 0RR, South East

Join the West Wight Stargazing Group for this one of their regular monthly meetings held on the third Thursday of each month between September and March. Ideal for everyone including families it’s a great opportunity to learn about stargazing, telescopes and finding your way around the night skies.

Each meeting includes a talk / presentation and a monthly sky guide all of which are designed to help you enjoy the fantastic dark skies above the Isle of Wight. Small fee for non members.

Please note that this event has already taken place on 18/03/2021

Event organiser

West Wight Stargazing Group is organising this event

Please contact West Wight Stargazing Group directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.islandastronomy.co.uk/

Event booking

For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.

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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.

Thu 18th Mar

Waxing Crescent

18% illuminated

Dark from 23:50 to 04:58

Dark for 5h 8m

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.