Young Persons Astronomy Course with Bristol Astronomical Society
Friday 12th September 2025 from 17:15pm to 18:30pm
Bristol Photographic Society
Station Road, Bristol, Avon, BS6 5EE
The Bristol Astronomical Society are pleased to organise this exciting astronomy course for young persons aged 9 – 11 years old.
Week 1 (12th Sept) – How to view the sky – naked eye, binoculars & telescopes.
Week 2 (26th Sept) – Solar System – Sun, aurora, Planets, Moons, Comets & Meteors
Week 3 (3rd Oct) – The Lifecycle of stars
Week 4 (24th Oct) – Astrophotography – mobile phones to telescopes
The course is intended to cover topics not normally dealt with in school.
Participants will also be offered a free visit to the BAS observatory to look at the sky through some large telescopes.
Please note that this has already taken place on 12/09/2025
Event organiser
Bristol Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Bristol Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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 12th Sep
Local light pollution
Bristol Photographic Society is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban 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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