Terrington Stargaze - Dark Sky Festival 2024

Terrington Stargaze - Dark Sky Festival 2024

Friday 9th February 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm

Birkdale Farm - Mowthorpe
Terrington, York, North Yorkshire, YO60 6QE

Join us for an exciting stargazing evening near the beautiful village of Terrington. It’s being hosted by Birkdale Farm as part of a new dark skies project by the Howardian Hills Partnership to promote and protect our precious nocturnal environment. And it’s also one of the fantastic events headlining the North Yorkshire Dark Sky Festival – the biggest in the UK!

Did you know that light pollution means that over 80% of people in the UK can no longer see the Milky Way? But we can and many other wonders too because of low light pollution.

We’ll have a colourful beginner’s introduction to stargazing and explain why we must keep our dark skies for wildlife and people.

Telescopes and binoculars will also be ready so we can share views of the heavens under precise conditions. Even if it’s cloudy, we will use a particular planetarium programme to take you on an unforgettable cosmic journey.

And there’ll be refreshments and delicious cakes and buns.

This event is part of the <a class= “link” href=”/events/north-york-moors-dark-skies-festival-2024/”>North York Moors Dark Skies Festival 2024</a> which occurs from the 9th of February to the 25th of February.

Please note that this has already taken place on 09/02/2024


Event organiser

Richard Darn

Richard Darn is organising this event

Please contact Richard Darn directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.


Event booking

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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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