Saving our Night Skies

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!

Saving our Night Skies May 2024 poster

Please note that this has already taken place on 20/05/2024


Event organiser

Friends of the Lake District

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.


Event booking

No booking is required for this event, please come along with your family and friends!

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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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