Experience the Night Sky with Richard Darn
Tuesday 18th February 2025 from 18:30pm to 21:30pm
Dales Countryside Museum
Station Yard, Hawes, North Yorkshire, DL8 3NT
A dark skies presentation and celestial experience of a guide to the night sky with Richard Darn.
We’ll go in search of wonders in the night sky as the winter stars give way to those of spring. We will spy distant star clusters and have a fantastic view of a near first quarter moon.
Bring your smartphone and we will show you how to take a picture of the lunar craters, lava flows and mountains! Plus a short distance away is Mars, glowing with its trademark red tint.
There will also be a fascinating dark skies beginner’s tour of the heavens using planetarium software. Ticket to include supper provided by the Firebox Café.
This event takes place as part of the 10th Anniversary Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 2025.
Please note that this has already taken place on 18/02/2025
Event organiser
Yorkshire Dales National Park is organising this event
Please contact Yorkshire Dales National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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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.
Tue 18th Feb
Local light pollution
Dales Countryside Museum is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a 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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