Telescopes on the Green at Swaledale Festival
Saturday 27th May 2023 from 22:00pm to 23:30pm
Reeth Village Green
Reeth, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL11 6SY
The friendly astronomers from the Reeth Informal Astronomy Group will set up their telescopes on the village green as part of the Swaledale Festival 2023. If the weather is dry and the skies are at least partly clear, they will host a free stargazing session to which everyone is invited, and no prior booking is required.
Please note that this has already taken place on 27/05/2023
Event organiser
Reeth Informal Astronomy Group is organising this event
Please contact Reeth Informal Astronomy Group directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Reeth Informal Astronomy Group
Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent 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.
Sat 27th May
Local light pollution
Reeth Village Green is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural 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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