What the Giant Sees? Astrophotography Exhibition
Thursday 7th May 2026 from 19:30pm to 21:00pm
St Mary's Church - Cerne Abbas
2 Abbey Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, DT2 7JQ, South West England
An Evening of Wonderful Astrophotographs of Objects in our Solar System, Galaxy, and Beyond – all Seen from the Giant Viewpoint in Cerne
Garry Prescott has been a keen wildlife and landscape photographer for many years, and recently has become enthused by photographing the night sky. He was amazed to discover that there are relatively cheap and easy ways for a complete novice to do this. Much of his work has been done at the Giant Viewpoint.
Relax and enjoy a whistle-stop tour of the moon, sun, more distant stars and nebulae in our galaxy, and galaxies beyond the Milky Way. If the sky is clear there will be a live demo of the equipment at the Giant Viewpoint after the presentation (ie when it is dark enough!).
Event booking
Weather forecast
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07/05/26
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08/05/26
7° 2%
Weather forecast for Dorchester (6.8 miles away) updated 02/05/26 at 12:01. Powered by Met Office data.
Event 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.
Thu 7th May
Local light pollution
St Mary's Church - Cerne Abbas is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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