Nature's night-time marvels at Dales Countryside Museum
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 from 10:00am to 16:00pm
Dales Countryside Museum
Station Yard, Hawes, North Yorkshire, DL8 3NT
Join us at the Dales Countryside Museum for a dark skies extravaganza.
It’s not only the stars that come out at night! Get ready to explore nature’s night-time neighbourhood with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust as your intrepid guide. Discover the curious creatures who seek out midnight feasts, moonlit strolls and twilight temperatures.
This event takes place as part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Sky Festival 2022.
Please note that this has already taken place on 23/02/2022
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.
Wed 23rd Feb
Local light pollution
Dales Countryside Museum 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.
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