The Star of Bethlehem at Lime Tree Observatory
Thursday 21st December 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Lime Tree Observatory and Planetarium
Lime Tree Farm, Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire, HG4 3DA
Enjoy a family-friendly Christmas-themed evening at the fantastic Lime Tree Observatory.
What was the Star of Bethlehem? A miracle? A good story? Or an account of a genuine astronomical event?
Join Astronomers from the Lime Tree Observatory for a presentation exploring the possibilities of what this most famous celestial phenomenon could have been.
The evening will include telescope observing time if the weather permits.
There will also be festive refreshments available too.
Event organiser
Lime Tree Observatory is organising this event
Please contact Lime Tree Observatory directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
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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.
Thu 21st Dec
Local light pollution
Lime Tree Observatory and Planetarium 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Lime Tree Observatory and Planetarium
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