Beginners guide to Astronomy - free event!
Thursday 24th February 2022 from 21:00pm to 23:00pm
Stone House Hotel - Hawes
Sedbusk, Hawes, North Yorkshire, DL8 3PT
Join us for a tour of the night sky from our Solar system and nebulas of our galaxy to our neighbouring galaxies with Astronomer Jon Turner from Yorkshire Astronomy.
Explore the dark skies of the Yorkshire Dales from the comfort of the garden! Wrap up warm!
This is a FREE event; please call the Stonehouse Hotel to reserve a place as numbers are limited.
This event takes place as part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Sky Festival 2022.
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/02/2022
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: [email protected]
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.
Thu 24th Feb
Local light pollution
Stone House Hotel - Hawes is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
-
Urban
-
Suburban
-
Semi-rural
-
Rural
-
Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Stay and gaze nearby
Stay at one of these stargazing-friendly accommodation providers.