Family Stargazing at Lansdown Park and Ride
Saturday 21st January 2023 from 18:00pm to 20:00pm
Lansdown Park & Ride
Lansdown, Bath, Avon, BA1 9BJ
Bath Astronomers are setting up telescopes for families and individuals to come and look through and enjoy the night sky together for free.
Wrap up warm and look at the moons around Jupiter, the storm belts, and, if we’re lucky, the Great Red Spot.
Get your eyes used to the dark and try to spot the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way arching overhead, or test your eyesight like ancient warriors by splitting stars.
You can register your interest for this event via the Eventbrite website. Note that this family stargazing event is weather dependent, so please check back the event’s Facebook page on the day of the event before travelling to avoid cancellation disappointment.
Event organiser
Bath Astronomers is organising this event
Please contact Bath Astronomers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Bath Astronomers
Facebook: Bath Astronomers
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.
Sat 21st Jan
Local light pollution
Lansdown Park & Ride 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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Suburban
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Forthcoming events
Below is a list of events at Lansdown Park & Ride. View these events on a calendar.