The Galloway Forest Astronomical Society Partial Lunar Eclipse

Join us over two weekends to witness the spectacular Orionid meteors and the partial lunar eclipse. Telescopes will be on hand, please feel free to bring your own. A presentation indoors, using the new GFAS 150 inch screen will be available should the weather not be on our side! Hot refreshments available.

The UK will see a partial lunar eclipse. A partial lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes through the Earth’s penumbra (the outer region of the Earth’s shadow), and only a section of it passes through the umbra (the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow). From the UK we’ll only see a small fraction of the Full Moon pass into the umbra. At its maximum, which occurs at 21:15, just 12% will be in shadow. The partial eclipse will be visible throughout all of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and western Australia. Full moon, though – too bright for any but the brightest stars, although Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus are all in the southern sky at the time.

£5 per person, free for under 25’s and concession rate for over 65’s.