The Churchmouse at Barbon
New Road, Barbon, LA6 2LL, North West
The Yorkshire Dales National Park remains one of the darkest places in England and we are excited to celebrate this with our Dark Skies Event. Dark Skies Guru, Stuart Atkinson will be explaining the skies above and hopefully, we can get outside to see what he has been telling us! Fun night and highly entertaining. Ticket price includes a welcome drink and light supper. This event is taking place as part of the National Parks Dark Skies Festival 2019.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 16/02/2019
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: http://yorkshiredales.org.uk
Twitter: @yorkshire_dales
Facebook: Yorkshire Dales 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.
Sat 16th Feb
Local light pollution
The Churchmouse at Barbon is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural 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.