White Horse Hill Evening Stargazing Walk
Wednesday 20th March 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:00pm
Uffington White Horse Hill
Uffington, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7UK
The mythology and stories of the stars and their relationship with the ancient people that lived and worked there. He is followed by a guide on what’s on view to the naked eye during the month ahead and more. Your guide will be Adrian West – A local, passionate and experienced astronomer. Adrian has written astronomy and space-related articles for popular online science magazines. He has also written guides and articles for the BBC, Met Office and National Trust, to name a few.
Please note: Stargazing is weather dependent, and whilst we will make every effort to run tours, occasionally, there may be cloud cover or poor weather that we must cancel at short notice. Please watch for calls and emails on the day of the event, mainly if poor weather is forecast.
Please note that this has already taken place on 20/03/2024
Event organiser
National Trust is organising this event
Please contact National Trust 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.
Wed 20th Mar
Local light pollution
Uffington White Horse Hill is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural 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.
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