Rocket Making and Solar System Fun at Dales Countryside Museum

Rocket Making and Solar System Fun at Dales Countryside Museum

Thursday 24th 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.

Come along on a cosmic adventure through the Solar System with a family-friendly talk by expert astronomer Richard Darn.

Make your own rocket and launch into space with kids’ crafts in the Firebox Café.

All dark skies activities are included in the ticket price of the museum.

This event takes place as part of the Yorkshire Dales Dark Sky Festival 2022.

Please note that this has already taken place on 24/02/2022


Event organiser

Yorkshire Dales National Park

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.


Event booking

Please contact the venue for all enquiries.

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.



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