Saving our Night Skies
Monday 20th May 2024 from 18:30pm to 20:30pm
Great Salkeld Village Hall
Lazonby, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9LW, North West England
Join Dark Skies Project Officer Jack Ellerby for a talk about the value of dark skies and the impacts of light pollution on wildlife, environment, people, good and bad lighting, and find out how we can all help tackle light pollution. This is event is FREE with no booking required, please come along with family and friends and share this event with anyone who you think would be interested. Thank you!
Please note that this has already taken place on 20/05/2024
Event organiser
Friends of the Lake District is organising this event
Please contact Friends of the Lake District directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Friends of the Lake District
Twitter: @FriendsofLakes
Facebook: Friends of the Lake District
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.
Mon 20th May
Local light pollution
Great Salkeld Village Hall 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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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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