Exmoor Dark Skies Stargazing Break
Friday 23rd October 2020 from 17:00pm to Sunday 25th October 2020 12:00pm
Yarn Market Hotel
High Street, Dunster, TA24 6SF, South West
Experience the fabulous dark skies of Exmoor at this residential stargazing break stay over at the Yarn Market Hotel in Dunster. Each night local astronomer Bob Mizon MBE FRAS, will be your guide showing you fascinating objects through telescopes and entertaining you with interesting talks and presentations. On the Saturday afternoon see a planetarium show at the nearby historic Tithe Barn. The break is on a 2 nights dinner, bed and breakfast basis with transport to the stargazing sites and the planetarium visit included.
Please note that this event has already taken place on 23/10/2020
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.
Fri 23rd Oct
Sat 24th Oct
Sun 25th Oct
Local light pollution
Yarn Market Hotel is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.