Dark Skies in the Vale
Saturday 22nd February 2025 from 18:00pm to 21:30pm
The Catton Kitchen
Catton Hall, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 4SG
Come experience the night sky like never before! As part of the 2024 Dark Skies Festival, the Tees-Swale: Naturally Connected Programme brings the night sky to you and presents an evening of star-gazing and dark sky activities in the Vale of Mowbray.
Local astronomers will guide you through the stars, whilst staff from the Yorkshire Dales National Park will be running night-time activities (especially if it’s cloudy!)
Amazing locally-sourced hot food will be available to purchase from The Catton Kitchen on the night. Options are available for selection in the booking process or via email before the event date.
This event takes place as part of the 10th Anniversary Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 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]
Website: Yorkshire Dales National Park
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 22nd Feb
Local light pollution
The Catton Kitchen is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-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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