Dark skies photography at Kirkoswald Castle
Wednesday 27th October 2021 from 19:00pm to 22:00pm
Kirkoswald Castle
Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1DF
If you have wondered how people capture those stunning dark skies images of iconic places? Find out with Gary Lintern, a professional dark skies photographer, in an evening of hands-on instruction at Kirkoswald castle.
This event is part of the North Pennines Stargazing Festival, running from 22-31 October 2021
Please note that this has already taken place on 27/10/2021
Event organiser
North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is organising this event
Please contact North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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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.
Wed 27th Oct
Local light pollution
Kirkoswald Castle 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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