Family Astro-Party at Wimbleball Lake
Saturday 22nd October 2022 from 15:00pm to 19:00pm
Wimbleball Lake
Dluverton, Near Tiverton, Somerset, Devon, TA22, Somerset
Kick off the half term with an exciting indoor and outdoor adventure for children and families at this Dark Sky site.
There’ll be plenty of audience participation in astronomer Jo Richardson’s inspiring astronomy presentation, then try out some fun science experiments to help you learn more about space.
There’ll be a campfire, marshmallows and weather permitting, lots of outdoors activities too. Adults & Children £6.50pp
This event takes place as part of Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2022.
Please note that this has already taken place on 22/10/2022
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: info@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
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 22nd Oct
Local light pollution
Wimbleball Lake 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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