Dark Skies experience at Sutton Bank
Sunday 12th February 2023 from 18:45pm to 21:45pm
Sutton Bank Star Hub
Sutton Bank National Park Centre, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 2EX
Join us at Sutton Bank National Park Centre’s new Star and Nature Hub for an evening of celestial delights!
You’ll meet our resident stargazing expert, who’ll introduce you to the night sky through our range of telescopes and knowledge of the constellations and cosmos. Gather around the Hub’s fire pit and spend the evening enjoying close-up views of the stars, planets, and other celestial bodies offering the clearest views on the night.
Along with our regular telescopes, we’ll bring along our state-of-the-art telescope with a built-in camera that we’ll use to snap some of the sights, which we can share with you as excellent souvenirs of what you see on the night!
As always, we’ll have a good laugh together as we learn and provide hot drinks and biscuits to keep you warm!
If the weather doesn’t play ball on the night, your activity leader will share stories about the stars from the Star and Nature Hub’s dedicated indoor space.
This event is part of the North York Moors Dark Skies Festival 2023.
Please note that this has already taken place on 12/02/2023
Event organiser
Large Outdoors is organising this event
Please contact Large Outdoors directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Large Outdoors
Twitter: @largeoutdoors
Facebook: Large Outdoors
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.
Sun 12th Feb
Local light pollution
Sutton Bank Star Hub 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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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Forthcoming events
Below is a list of events at Sutton Bank Star Hub. View these events on our calendar, add them to your calendar or Google Calendar.
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