Family Dark Skies Stargazing at the Pinkery Centre
Tuesday 26th October 2021 from 19:00pm to 20:00pm
Pinkery Centre for Outdoor Learning
Pinkery, Simonsbath, Somerset, TA24 7LL
Come and learn about our dark skies and enjoy guided stargazing (weather permitting) and night walk around this magnificent rural landscape under the guidance of astronomer Jo Richardson with bushcraft and outdoor activities supported by our Young Rangers and our National Park Ranger staff. Suitable for ages 8 plus.
This event takes place as part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2021.
Please note that this has already taken place on 26/10/2021
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
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.
Tue 26th Oct
Local light pollution
Pinkery Centre for Outdoor Learning 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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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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