A Beginner’s Guide to the Night Sky
Thursday 16th February 2023 from 17:30pm to 21:00pm
Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour
Thornton Rust, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3AS
Come along to The Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour and learn from expert astronomer Neill of Go Stargazing how to find your way around the night sky, identify constellations and their brightest stars and, 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 Skies Festival 2023.
Please note that this has already taken place on 16/02/2023
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: [email protected]
Website: Yorkshire Dales National Park
Twitter: @yorkshire_dales
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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.
Thu 16th 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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