Sackville Observatory Open Evening
Wednesday 11th January 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Sackville Observatory
Sackville School, Hildenborough, Kent, TN11 9HN
Come along to the Sackville Observatory for an evening of stargazing using the observatory telescope. You’ll find welcoming and friendly astronomers ready to show you incredible things in the skies; bring your telescope if you have one for expert advice. Note that these open evenings are weather dependent; please check the Sackville Observatory Facebook Page on the day to confirm they will be open!
Please note that this event has already taken place on 11/01/2023
Event organiser
Sackville School Observatory is organising this event
Please contact Sackville School Observatory directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]ol.org.uk
Website: Sackville School Observatory
Facebook: Sackville School Observatory
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.
Wed 11th Jan
Local light pollution
Sackville Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on 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.
Forthcoming events
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