Exmoor Dark Skies Festival Stargazing Break

Name: Exmoor Dark Skies Festival Stargazing Break
Start: 2024-10-25T16:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-10-27T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Yarn Market Hotel

Friday 25th October 2024 from 17:00pm to Sunday 27th October 2024 12:00pm

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Yarn Market Hotel
High Street, Dunster, Somerset, TA24 6SF, South West

The Yarn Market Hotel in Dunster, based within Exmoor National Park, Europe’s first designated Dark Skies Reserve, is hosting an early Spring Stargazing weekend. The break is on a full board basis and includes Sunday lunch. A programme of activities takes place over the weekend, led by expert Terry Evans, who will provide fascinating talks and attend the evening stargazing sessions.

If the weather should not be perfect to offer clear skies on any evening an alternative programme will be in place. The break is suitable for anyone with an interest in astronomy, at any level of experience. Young enthusiasts are also encouraged and there is a discount of 50% for under 20’s sharing a room with adults.

This event takes place as part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2024, running from the 18th of October to the 3rd November.

Please note that this has already taken place on 25/10/2024

Event booking

For more details and booking please see the Yarn Market Hotel website.

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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.

Fri 25th Oct

Third Quarter

44 % illuminated

Dark from 18:13 to 00:05

Dark for 5h 51m

Sat 26th Oct

Third Quarter

34 % illuminated

Dark from 18:11 to 01:19

Dark for 7h 7m

Sun 27th Oct

Waning Crescent

25 % illuminated

Dark from 18:09 to 02:29

Dark for 8h 19m

Local light pollution

Yarn Market Hotel is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.