Go Stargazing at Sutton Bank - Seven Sisters and Ice Planets

Winter constellations on the rise in the east but Autumn stars hold sway

One of the most beautiful sights in the sky is back and we’ll be sharing telescope views. The Pleiades star cluster – a family of stars – is one of the closest clusters to the Earth and sometimes also known as the Seven Sisters. You can see it with the naked eye, but the telecope view will blow your socks off! Elsewhere we’ll try and track down Neptune and Uranus – distant worlds – which flank the more spectacular object of Saturn, still superbly placed for observation.

This event is being staged in collaboration with our friends at Go Stargazing!

The Hub provides a warm indoor space for colourful presentations with a purpose built viewing area alongside. If it’s cloudy we will still see stars thanks to a brilliant computer based planetarium show.

The North York Moors National Park is an international dark sky reserve. We advise you to wear sensible outdoor footwear and wrap up warm. Bring a torch.

Please note the Hub is not part of the main Sutton Bank visitor centre building, but located one hundred metres away at the north west corner of the complex. It has its own car park – just drive through the raised barrier. Look out for the red external lights on the Hub and two flashing red LEDs on the barrier.

Ticket price includes warm refreshments and booking fee.