Wild About Dark Skies Free Community Event - Etchingham

Name: Wild About Dark Skies Free Community Event - Etchingham
Start: 2023-02-21T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2023-02-21T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Etchingham Village Hall

Tuesday 21st February 2023 from 18:30pm to 20:30pm

Visit event website Add to calendar

Etchingham Village Hall
Parsonage Croft, Etchingham , East Sussex, TN19 7BY

This FREE event in Etchingham will allow your family to experience a series of activities relating to the importance of our dark skies. Ask experts about the night sky and learn more about the impact of light on the planet; enjoy a planetarium presentation and outdoor stargazing with local astronomers.

This event is part of the Wild About Dark Skies Festival 2023.

Please note that this has already taken place on 21/02/2023

Event organiser

High Weald AONB is organising this event

Please contact High Weald AONB directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: High Weald AONB
Twitter: @highweald
Facebook: High Weald AONB

Event booking

Please reserve your free spaces for this event via the Eventbrite website.

Visit event website

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.

Tue 21st Feb

New Moon

1 % illuminated

Dark from 19:07 to 05:45

Dark for 10h 38m

Local light pollution

Etchingham Village Hall is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.