A beginner's guide to the night sky at Wensleydale Ice Cream
Monday 21st February 2022 from 18:00pm to 20:00pm
Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour
Thornton Rust, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3AS
Join the Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour team and learn from expert astronomer Neill Sanders of Go Stargazing how to find your way around the night sky. If the weather permits, go outside and see the constellations for real in the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales night sky.
This event takes place as part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Sky Festival 2022.
Please note that this has already taken place on 21/02/2022
Event organiser
Yorkshire Dales National Park is organising this event
Please contact Yorkshire Dales National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: info@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Website: Yorkshire Dales National Park
Twitter: @yorkshire_dales
Facebook: Yorkshire Dales National Park
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.
Mon 21st Feb
Local light pollution
Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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