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The 2008 Spring Star Party

Thursday 3rd April to Sunday 6th April

Some astronomers like to stay for several nights to increase the chances of clear skies.

 

One of the 'Word's Top 10 Star Parties'

Sky at Night Magazine May 2007

Newspaper article on the Spring 2007 event

at Kelling Heath Norfolk

The spring event is design to be a simple date and place around which astronomers can gather. It is not a large and complicated event like the autumn camp. There should be some trade stands but otherwise the focus is on observing and meeting like minded folks.
 

The Autumn Equinox Sky Camp

 

Green Laser Pointers are either a fun and useful observing aid or a form of light pollution depending on your point of view. When observing as an individual or in a small group they are great.

When there are over 100 astronomers in one field doing their own thing you have to think about the person next door to you with a CCD setup. Someone has to decide if green laser pointers and a large star party make for a good time for all.

This star party has had a page on the use of green laser pointers for several years and this has satisfied the majority of astronomers. If you wish to use green lasers then you are very welcome to organise a star party in which green lasers are feature.

 

 Booking click here

 

 

Cloud Cover Data for each month across the UK

I obtained the data from the Met Office. The raw dat was processed by Dr Ari Ercole and I thank him for his time and thought. I have had great difficulty finding which parts of the UK are most likely to be cloudy at a given time. The Met Office provides very little free data of this type. They could not tell me what the units are so that the scale may not be linear but it could be.

 

 

Jan

Feb

March

April

May June July Aug
Sept Oct Nov Dec

 

Light pollution maps as PDF

 

Power Hook Up you need a 3 pin plug see below safely wired to 13 amp standard sockets

 

 

NGC253 - Sculptor Galaxy at -20 degrees declination by Eddie Guscott taken at Kelling

Adrian Catterall Kelling Heath Deep Sky Images

 Booking click here

      

Share telescopes

Talk astronomy

Dark sky with good horizons

Meet friends

Good modern site with power hook up (bring your own cable & book correct pitch)

Clean bathrooms

Pitches are about 35 feet wide by 18 feet deep

Camp ground has shop pub (with food incl. breakfast) and indoor swimming pool (extra cost)

Some people bring their families or partners and they stay in local accommodation off site

New moon is on the 3rd October some star gazers stay for the week preceding or the week after the main weekend

Location

Pub & Food Shop Swimming Pool

Day time interest

Star Party Etiquette UPDATED

Kelling Heath Camp Site Home Page

Past Star Party Photos 2003 2005 Red Field Yellow Field

 

  Weather  
Met Office Dundee Satellite RS worth registering Meteoblue
  Astronomy News Buy / Sell / Links  
egroups UK Astro Ads: Astronomy-UK Astromart
Sky at Night Magazine UK Astronomy Buy & Sell Amateur Astronomy Magazine
  Optical Quality of SCT vs RC  

Note about egroups. Avoiding the adverts. The easiest way to read them is to sign up for plain text emails and then use Outlook (or other emailer) Tools >  Rules to file the email based on the subject line into a separate folder. Then use the view settings to group by conversation. You than have an old style newsgroup

 

Date

Sunset

Twilight

Darkness

Twilight

Sunrise

Sun 23 Mar 08

19:18

21:15

21:15 - 21:47

04:55

06:52

Mon 24 Mar 08

19:20

21:17

21:17 - 23:01

04:52

06:49

Tue 25 Mar 08

19:21

21:19

21:19 - 00:15

04:49

06:47

Wed 26 Mar 08

19:23

21:22

21:22 - 01:26

04:46

06:45

Thu 27 Mar 08

19:25

21:24

21:24 - 02:30

04:44

06:42

Fri 28 Mar 08

19:27

21:26

21:26 - 03:23

04:41

06:40

Sat 29 Mar 08

19:28

21:28

21:28 - 04:03

04:38

06:38

Sun 30 Mar 08

19:30

21:31

21:31 - 04:33

04:35

06:35

Mon 31 Mar 08

19:32

21:33

21:33 - 04:32

04:32

06:33

Tue 01 Apr 08

19:34

21:35

21:35 - 04:29

04:29

06:31

Wed 02 Apr 08

19:35

21:37

21:37 - 04:26

04:26

06:28

Thu 03 Apr 08

19:37

21:40

21:40 - 04:23

04:23

06:26

Fri 04 Apr 08

19:39

21:42

21:42 - 04:20

04:20

06:24

Sat 05 Apr 08

19:40

21:45

21:45 - 04:17

04:17

06:22

Sun 06 Apr 08

19:42

21:47

21:47 - 04:14

04:14

06:19

Mon 07 Apr 08

19:44

21:50

22:19 - 04:11

04:11

06:17

Tue 08 Apr 08

19:46

21:52

23:53 - 04:08

04:08

06:15

Wed 09 Apr 08

19:47

21:55

01:18 - 04:05

04:05

06:12

Thu 10 Apr 08

19:49

21:57

02:26 - 04:02

04:02

06:10

Fri 11 Apr 08

19:51

22:00

03:14 - 03:59

03:59

06:08

Sat 12 Apr 08

19:53

22:03

03:46 - 03:56

03:56

06:06

 

 

 




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