Ribblehead Dark Skies at The Station Inn
Thursday 22nd February 2024 from 20:00pm to 23:00pm
Station Inn - Ribblehead
Ribblehead, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 3AS
Join us for a magical evening of stargazing at The Station Inn, Ribblehead!
Get ready to be amazed as The Starsmith takes you on a cosmic journey through the solar system, learning what you can see with your eyes, binoculars and telescopes. Then we go deeper into space! There will also be a brief introduction on nightscape photography for those budding photographers.
Weather permitting you will then move outside and look through some large Skywatcher telescopes and view the amazing night sky.
During the evening a warming bowl of homemade hotpot will also be provided. Please bring warm clothes and a torch!
Accommodation also available at The Station Inn, please contact the pub on [email protected] or call 01524 241274.
This event is part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival 2024.
Please note that this has already taken place on 22/02/2024
Event organiser
The Starsmith is organising this event
Please contact The Starsmith directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: The Starsmith
Facebook: The Starsmith
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.
Thu 22nd Feb
Local light pollution
Station Inn - Ribblehead 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.