Pigs and Perseids - August 2024
Wednesday 14th August 2024 from 18:00pm to 22:30pm
Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary
Newton Longville, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0BH
A visit to see, feed and spend time with the pigs at the sanctuary, followed by an evening of looking go Perseids meteors and talks with UK Astronomy. On-site parking, refreshments, large undercover area, plenty of space and Curly Tails & UK Astronomy souvenirs. A treat bucket to feed the pigs and solar glasses are included in the ticket price.
Please note that this has already taken place on 14/08/2024
Event organiser
UK Astronomy is organising this event
Please contact UK Astronomy directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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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 14th Aug
Local light pollution
Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary 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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Semi-rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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