Elan Dark Sky Festival: Celtic Constellations Planetarium Show
Saturday 28th March 2026 from 14:00pm to 15:00pm
CARAD - TimeScape Rhayader
East Street, Rhayader, Powys, LD6 5ER, Wales
Join the Elan Valley Dark Sky Team for a magical tour of the night sky, exploring the stories and mythologies the ancient Celtic peoples associated with the stars. Discover familiar constellations from a new perspective as their legends and meanings are brought to life beneath the Elan Valley’s famously dark, star-filled skies.
This event takes place as part of the Elan Valley Dark Skies Festival 2026.
Please note that this has already taken place on 28/03/2026
Event organiser
Elan Valley Trust is organising this event
Please contact Elan Valley Trust directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Elan Valley Trust
Twitter: @Elan_Valley
Facebook: Elan Valley Trust
Event booking
Event 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 28th Mar
Local light pollution
CARAD - TimeScape Rhayader is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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