Guide to the Heavens at Lime Tree Observatory
Tuesday 13th February 2024 from 18:00pm to 20:30pm
Lime Tree Observatory and Planetarium
Lime Tree Farm, Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire, HG4 3DA
The February half term holidays will see us once again putting on our “Guide to the Heavens” family-based space show. We will be visiting the planets of the solar system, and heading further out in to the galaxy too. If the weather allows, there will also be telescope viewing of the sky on these night too.
Tickets are £12 for adults and £8 for under 16s, with a £1 booking fee per seat.
As usual, we are grateful for the Nidderdale AONB to be arranging our ticketing. Please visit their website to book. Tickets will be available from 9am on Saturday January 13th.
This event is part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 2024.
Please note that this has already taken place on 13/02/2024
Event organiser
Lime Tree Observatory is organising this event
Please contact Lime Tree Observatory directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Lime Tree Observatory
Twitter: @LimeTreeObsy
Facebook: Lime Tree Observatory
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 13th Feb
Local light pollution
Lime Tree Observatory and Planetarium is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural 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.
Light pollution map of Lime Tree Observatory and Planetarium
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