A night on the Moon at Stump Cross Caverns
Thursday 22nd February 2024 from 00:00am to 21:30pm
Stump Cross Caverns
Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 5JL
Visit Stump Cross Caverns for a fabulous family stargazing event to spy on our nearest neighbour through powerful telescopes. Expect to see lofty mountains, deep craters and vast seas of lava! They will even show you how to take a picture with your phone.
Plus there will have a fab indoor planetarium tour of the night sky and search out other heavenly wonders like the planet Jupiter. This event is perfect for novices, including adults and children over six years old. Our experienced and friendly astronomer for the night will be Richard Darn.
This event is part of the <a class=”link” href=”/events/yorkshire-dales-dark-skies-festival-2024/”>Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 2024</a> which occurs from the 9th of February to the 25th of February.
Please note that this has already taken place on 22/02/2024
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]
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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 22nd Feb
Local light pollution
Stump Cross Caverns is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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