Dark Skies Festival Stargazing Activities for Families
Tuesday 27th October 2020 from 16:30pm to 18:30pm
Pinkery Centre for Outdoor Learning
Pinkery, Simonsbath, TA24 7LL
Join our experienced Rangers and staff for an outdoor adventure then return to base for a stargazing presentation ‘In the Night Sky’ and constellation activity with expert guide Jo Richardson. If weather is poor an indoor presentation will be offered with social distancing measures in place.
This event is taking place as part of the Exmoor National Park Dark Skies Festival 2020.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 27/10/2020
Event organiser
Exmoor National Park is organising this event
Please contact Exmoor National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/
Twitter: @exmoornp
Facebook: Exmoor National Park
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.
Tue 27th Oct
Local light pollution
Pinkery Centre for Outdoor Learning is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.