Exploring the Winter Night Skies
Saturday 25th February 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Stump Cross Caverns
Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 5JL
Join astronomers Martin Whipp and Chris Higgins from the Lime Tree Observatory, Grewelthorpe for a presentation of the wonders and secrets of the night sky over the Yorkshire Dales, a designated European Dark Sky Status area.
Weather permitting, powerful telescopes will also be on hand so that you can experience first-hand some of the key objects in the sky. Please bring warm clothes and if you have them, binoculars.
This event takes place as part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 2023.
Please note that this has already taken place on 25/02/2023
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]
Website: Yorkshire Dales National Park
Twitter: @yorkshire_dales
Facebook: Yorkshire Dales 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 25th Feb
Local light pollution
Stump Cross Caverns is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site 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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