The Observatory Science Centre Back to Basics Astronomy Course
Thursday 7th November 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
The Observatory Science Centre
Herstmonceux, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1RN
The course ‘Back to Basics Astronomy: a practical approach’ is designed to be just that! A basic introduction to astronomy for beginners. Astronomy is a complex subject and this course aims to strip that back.
However, while aimed at beginners, astronomy by its very nature involves physics (you cannot teach it without introducing some basic physics). Therefore, in order to introduce each topic in an understandable way and answer questions that are thrown up in the process, it does assume a basic knowledge/understanding of some science.
It will be a mixture of slides and dialogue but there will be props and demonstrations to help you visualise the information. There will be time to ask questions and comprehensive notes accompany the course.
The course is presented on 4 Thursday evenings: 7 November, 14 November, 28 November, 5 December.
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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 7th Nov
Local light pollution
The Observatory Science Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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