Woodland Stargazing with Forestry England
Friday 20th October 2023 from 19:15pm to 21:00pm
Nutcombe Bottom - Forestry England
Whitswood Steep, Minehead, Somerset, TA24
Join Chris Sperring MBE and James Latus, Community Ranger for Forestry England, for a guided evening woodland walk. Meet at 7.15 pm car park. Suitable for all ages, your hosts will discuss astronomy and evening wildlife – the latter taking centre stage if the weather is wet and overcast.
This event occurs during the <a class=”link” href=”https://gostargazing.co.uk/events/exmoor-dark-skies-festival-2023/”>Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2023</a>.
Please note that this has already taken place on 20/10/2023
Event organiser
Forestry England is organising this event
Please contact Forestry England directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Forestry England
Twitter: @forestryengland
Facebook: Forestry England
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.
Fri 20th Oct
Local light pollution
Nutcombe Bottom - Forestry England is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-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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