Family Friendly Stargazing with Cosmic Wonders
Saturday 27th April 2024 from 17:00pm to 19:00pm
Danby Lodge National Park Centre
Lodge Lane, Danby, North Yorkshire, YO21 2NB
These fun, informative and interactive sessions are designed for the whole family to enjoy as an introduction to stargazing and astronomy.
Learn about asterisms, hear stories of the constellations, learn how to navigate the night sky, how to identify objects, and more! …
Your family stargazing session will include a presentation on the night sky, stargazing, and a space-themed craft activity for younger members!
Please note that this has already taken place on 27/04/2024
Event organiser
Cosmic Wonders is organising this event
Please contact Cosmic Wonders directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Cosmic Wonders
Facebook: Cosmic Wonders
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.
Sat 27th Apr
Local light pollution
Danby Lodge National Park Centre 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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