Durham Astronomical Society monthly meeting
Friday 27th September 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:00pm
Durham Botanic Garden
Hollingside Lane, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3TN
Join the enthusiastic amateur astronomers from Durham Astronomical Society for this one of their regular monthly society meetings, which take place every fourth Friday of the month from September through to June (excluding December) at Durham Botanic Garden.
Public members are welcome to join them for their talk/presentation by a guest speaker. If weather and covid permit, there may be an informal observing session afterwards.
Please note that this has already taken place on 27/09/2024
Event organiser
Durham Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Durham Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: d.a.s.astronomy@gmail.com
Website: Durham Astronomical Society
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Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
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.
Fri 27th Sep
Local light pollution
Durham Botanic Garden is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban 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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