Horner Farm - Exmoor
Horner, Porlock, TA24 8HY
Description
Join the team from Horner Farm for an evening with Professor Roger Davies, an eminent astrophysicist and cosmologist from Oxford University. Welcomed with nibbles and enjoy a drink from the bar. Professor Davies will give us a 50 minutes talk on 'From Galaxies to Life'. And all being well with the weather, we offer the opportunity to stargaze from our Courtyard.
Following on from the talk we shall serve a warming autumnal casserole using Horner farm grass fed beef and Plowright Organic vegetables, There will also be a vegetarian option available.Ticket price includes talk and all food. Drinks available from our Bar.
Our venue is within our traditional barns being undercover but it is advisable to dress warmly for the weather. Due to Covid restrictions we are only able to take bookings from groups of a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 6 people. If you are wishing to attend as a single ticket holder please contact us to discuss.
This event is taking place as part of the Exmoor National Park Dark Skies Festival 2020.
- Event includes an astronomy related presentation or talk.
- Event will involve stargazing and observing the skies through telescopes weather permitting
Corona virus
Please be aware that due to the Coronavirus it is likely that this event has been cancelled or postponed. If you are considering attending this event please double check with the event organiser directly to confirm. If this event is indeed affected the organisers will no doubt need your support in the future -- please do consider attending an event of theirs when possible! Thank you!
Organiser
This online event is being organised by Exmoor National Park who should be contacted if you have any queries. If you do attend this online event it would be great if you could let the organiser know you found out about it via Go Stargazing, thank you!
Bookings
Please contact the venue for all booking enquiries.
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Location light pollution
This location is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural setting based on satellite data from CPRE.
Location darkness on Friday 16th October 2020
The below graphic shows if and when it will be dark at Horner Farm - Exmoor on the evening of this event. Yellow areas show when the skies are not dark due to daylight (bold yellow) and moonlight (faded yellow). Click on the image for an explanation on how darkness is determined.
