Stars over the Howardian Hills at Slingsby
Thursday 15th February 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
Nunnington Village Hall
The Avenue, Nunnington, North Yorkshire, YO62 5UY
Join astronomer Richard Darn for an exciting stargazing evening in the beautiful village of Gilling East! It’s part of a new dark skies project by the Howardian Hills Partnership to promote and protect our precious nocturnal environment.
Please note: This is a special event open to people who live in the Howardian Hills (North Yorkshire), or in nearby bordering areas. And it’s free! But you will need to register via Eventbrite as numbers are limited.
Please note that this has already taken place on 15/02/2024
Event organiser
Richard Darn is organising this event
Please contact Richard Darn directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Richard Darn
Twitter: @RichDarn1
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 15th Feb
Local light pollution
Nunnington Village Hall 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.
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