Dark Skies Festival Planet and Constellation Trail
Friday 14th February 2025 from 10:00am to Sunday 2nd March 2025 16:00pm
Aysgarth National Park Centre
Aysgarth Falls, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, DL8 3TH
The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a place where you can find the most wondrous star-filled skies, free from light pollution. Learn fun facts about the planets and star constellations in our solar system along the self-guided Trail.
The Planet Trail will be on display within Freeholders’ Wood, which is just a few metres away from Aysgarth Falls National Park Visitor Centre and the delicious Coppice Café.
This event takes place as part of the 10th Anniversary Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 2025.
Please note that this has already taken place on 14/02/2025
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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Twitter: @yorkshire_dales
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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.
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Local light pollution
Aysgarth National Park Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a 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.
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