Meet the Stars of Gill Garth Farm
Friday 25th February 2022 from 17:00pm to 20:00pm
Gill Garth Farm
Selside, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24 0HX
Visit a family-run Yorkshire Dales hill farm. Meet the animals and see the stars come out over Pen-y-Ghent.
In the company of expert astronomer, Richard Darn, there will be a short walk onto the hillside (including stiles) to hear about the night sky visible in this remote area. Booking essential.
This event takes place as part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Sky Festival 2022.
Please note that this has already taken place on 25/02/2022
Event organiser
Yorkshire Dales National Park is organising this event
Please contact Yorkshire Dales National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: info@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Website: Yorkshire Dales National Park
Twitter: @yorkshire_dales
Facebook: Yorkshire Dales 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.
Fri 25th Feb
Local light pollution
Gill Garth Farm 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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Semi-rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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