Perseid meteor watch with Croydon Astronomical Society

Name: Perseid meteor watch with Croydon Astronomical Society
Start: 2024-08-13T21:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-08-14T01:00:00+00:00
Location: RAF Kenley Tribute Memorial

Tuesday 13th August 2024 from 22:00pm to Wednesday 14th August 2024 02:00am

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RAF Kenley Tribute Memorial
Hayes Lane, Kenley, Surrey, CR5 1JS

You are invited to join the friendly astronomers from the Croydon Astronomical Society for this observing session from 10pm next to the RAF Tribute on Kenley Aerodrome into the early hours of Wednesday.

The event is weather dependent; please keep an eye on the group’s facebook page and website on the day of the event for our updates.

No equipment is needed but if you have a camping chair and a thick coat that would be good, it gets cold at night even in summer!

Depending on available resources the group may have a radio meteor detection system there and we may have a telescope or two to look at the planets as they rise late in the night.

Please note that this has already taken place on 13/08/2024

Event organiser

Croydon Astronomical Society is organising this event

Please contact Croydon Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Croydon Astronomical Society
Twitter: @CroydonAS
Facebook: Croydon Astronomical Society

Event booking

For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.

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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 13th Aug

First Quarter

54 % illuminated

Dark from 22:15 to 03:20

Dark for 5h 5m

Wed 14th Aug

First Quarter

64 % illuminated

Dark from 22:51 to 03:22

Dark for 4h 31m

Local light pollution

RAF Kenley Tribute Memorial is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.