Dark Skies Stargazing Experience - The Grand, York

Name: Dark Skies Stargazing Experience - The Grand, York
Start: 2025-01-21T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-22T12:00:00+00:00
Location: The Grand, York

Tuesday 21st January 2025 from 17:00pm to Wednesday 22nd January 2025 12:00pm

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The Grand, York
Station Rise, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 6GD

Escape to the North York Moors and enjoy an unforgettable stargazing experience with your friends and family. Travel to a dark sky location and receive expert guidance from Astronomer Richard Darn, observing planets, nebulae and distant galaxies through a telescope.

For this event, join us for a deep-sky spectacular on a moonless night. This is the darkest time of year when the stars sparkle against an inky black backdrop. We’ll search for the Milky Way, distant galaxies, and fabulous star clusters and show you how to find them with binoculars.

This event can be booked just as an excursion from the hotel that includes a discount in “The Rise” restaurant. Alternatively you can book a package including two-course meal, overnight stay and a full Yorkshire breakfast before departing!

Please note that this has already taken place on 21/01/2025

Event booking

Please contact The Grand, York, for all booking enquiries by emailing [email protected]

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.