Children's Stargazing & Storytelling - Walking Into the Night
Tuesday 13th February 2024 from 15:00pm to 16:30pm
The Stripy Badger Bookshop
7 The Square, Grassington, North Yorkshire, BD23 5AQ, Yorkshire and The Humber England
Join us for a night of magical storytelling, stargazing and star making at the Stripey Badger Book shop, Grassington.
Listen to the story of Hedgehog, Fox and Owl and their exciting adventure through the night sky. Meet Cassiopeia, Great Bear & Andromeda and hear their mystical starry stories as they guide the intrepid travellers to their new home.
Design your own constellation and enjoy a mug of tasty hot chocolate and marshmallows.
Recommended Age: 6 to 11
Adults accompanying children need to book a ticket.
This event is part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 2024.
Please note that this has already taken place on 13/02/2024
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]
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.
Tue 13th Feb
Local light pollution
The Stripy Badger Bookshop 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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