Cafe Under the Stars - 2025
Monday 17th February 2025 from 17:00pm to 21:00pm
Dales Bike Centre
Parks Barn, Reeth, North Yorkshire, DL11 6AW
Explore the wonders of the late winter and springtime night sky!
Arrive early at the Dales Bike Centre cafe with pizza specials, cake and hot drinks available from 17:00.
From 18:00 there may be an opportunity for viewing of the planets Venus, Jupiter and Mars in the early evening twilight.
From 18:30 – 19:30, as full darkness falls, we will visit the wonders of the late winter and spring time sky through the eyes of local night-scape photographer Paul Clark. Updated for 2025.
Weather permitting, this will be followed by night sky tours through telescopes manned by Reeth Informal Astronomy Group.
If cloudy, there will be a presentation on choosing and using an astronomical telescope by members of the group.
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 17th Feb
Local light pollution
Dales Bike Centre 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.
Forthcoming events
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