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title: Halloween
url: 'https://astronomy.org.gg/halloween'
markdown: 'https://astronomy.org.gg/halloween.md'
date: '2026-10-26'
description: "Join us for a special Halloween Open Evening Friday 30th October, 6:30\_to\_8:30pm The David Le Conte Astronomical Observatory is hosting a joint evening for the Astronomy, Entomology and Bat sections. This event will be weather dependent, so keep an eye on this page for updates. …"
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# Halloween

## Join us for a special Halloween Open Evening

### Friday 30th October, 6:30 to 8:30pm

The David Le Conte Astronomical Observatory is hosting a joint evening for the Astronomy, Entomology and Bat sections. This event will be weather dependent, so keep an eye on this page for updates.

[![La Société Guernesiaise Halloween Open Evening](https://astronomy.org.gg/images/f/f/0/8/f/ff08f549114ce5b2be911d6fbb7f0c1e5f2be762-astronomy-halloween-2026.jpg)](https://astronomy.org.gg/halloween/Astronomy%20Halloween%202026.jpg)

To help us maintain our equipment and facilities, we welcome contributions and suggest a **donation** of £2 per adult and £1 per child.

### Activities

With suitable weather, the Astronomy Section will be using telescopes to look at Saturn and its moons, and Autumn objects including galaxies, nebulae and star clusters.

[![Bat Section Logo](https://astronomy.org.gg/images/8/e/5/7/3/8e57350735f9cc3ac0873676e43779348442ac86-bats.jpg)](https://societe.org.gg/wp/bats/)There are 14 species of bat recorded in the Bailiwick. The [Bat Section](https://societe.org.gg/wp/bats/) will be running guided bat walks and using heterodyne bat detectors to look for a variety of species in the area. [![Entomology Section Logo](https://astronomy.org.gg/images/6/0/e/a/7/60ea740b23686a39e66f452f464f563d436c252d-entomology.jpg)](https://societe.org.gg/wp/entomology/)The [Entomology Section](https://societe.org.gg/wp/entomology/) will be moth trapping using their lights to attract moths into a safe container so they can be observed, identified, and released unharmed.

 Important

Please park at La Houguette School and walk to the observatory **ensuring that you are visible to traffic**. There will be signs to guide you approximately 100m to Rue du Lorier. See our [map](https://astronomy.org.gg/location) for help finding us.

 Note

**Blue Badge** holders are always welcome to use the observatory parking, but please take care manoeuvring amongst people in the darkness.

You can access our [risk assessment and guide](https://astronomy.org.gg/user/media/Documents/David_Le_Conte_Observatory_Risk_Assessment_and_Guide_for_visitors_updated_Nov_2025.pdf?target=_blank) for visitors.

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