Wimbledon Winter Astronomy Week 2021
Monday 6th December 2021 from 16:00pm to Friday 10th December 2021 18:00pm
Rushmere Pond - Wimbledon Common
Wimbledon, London, London, SW19 4TG
Every weekday around sunset in the second week of December 2021, self-employed Physicist Will Hay MPhys will be up by Rushmere Pond on Wimbledon Common with two telescopes and two pairs of binoculars trained on Jupiter, Saturn and Venus and the Moon.
These events are weather permitting; please register via Eventbrite to receive email notification 24 hours in advance. An optional contribution to help cover costs would be welcomed.
Please note that this has already taken place on 06/12/2021
Event booking
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.
Mon 6th Dec
Tue 7th Dec
Wed 8th Dec
Thu 9th Dec
Fri 10th Dec
Local light pollution
Rushmere Pond - Wimbledon Common is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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