Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2023 Family Activity Day
Saturday 21st October 2023 from 10:30am to 16:00pm
Dunster Tithe Barn
Priory Green, Dunster, Somerset, TA24 6RY
Enjoy a host of FREE family-friendly activities at Tithe Barn in celebration of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2023. This event includes space experiments going on in the venue with astronomer Simon Holbeche. Ewen and Michalea, authors of “Alphi Saves the Night” and “Alphi Saves the Alps”, will host storytelling, crafts and sticker making.
The Space Odyssey Planetarium will be on-site showing immersive shows about space and the universe (you’ll need to reserve your space for this).
This event is free, and no booking is required. Suitable for families with younger children.
This event occurs during the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2023.
Please note that this has already taken place on 21/10/2023
Event organiser
Exmoor National Park is organising this event
Please contact Exmoor National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Exmoor National Park
Twitter: @exmoornp
Facebook: Exmoor 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 21st Oct
Local light pollution
Dunster Tithe Barn 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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