Havering Astronomical Society Young Astronomers Group
Thursday 26th December 2024 from 19:00pm to 20:00pm
Thames Chase Forest Centre
Broadfields Farm, Upminster, Essex, RM14 3NS
The Havering Astronomical Society Young Astronomers Group provides a friendly setting for young people aged 8-16 to learn more about astronomy and make friends with others who share their interests in the subject.
The group meets on the last Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. (except for August), and meetings usually last just over an hour. These sessions include observing the sky after the meeting if it is dark and clear, and the group have a telescope loan scheme.
For further information, please email [email protected].
Event organiser
Havering Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Havering Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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Event booking
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Visit event websiteEvent 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.
Thu 26th Dec
Local light pollution
Thames Chase Forest Centre 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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