Wild Wednesday: Starstruck half-term activities for children
Wednesday 27th October 2021 from 10:30am to 15:30pm
Bowlees Visitor Centre
Newbiggin, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, DL12 0XF
The North Pennines has some of the darkest skies in England, and Bowlees is a Dark Sky Discovery Site. We’ll be making our constellations and hearing some of the stories behind them. There may also be rockets to make.
Wear warm and waterproof clothing and sturdy footwear as we’ll be outdoors no matter the weather—activities aimed at ages four to 13.
This event is part of the North Pennines Stargazing Festival, running from 22-31 October 2021.
Please note that this has already taken place on 27/10/2021
Event organiser
North Pennines National Landscape is organising this event
Please contact North Pennines National Landscape directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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Twitter: @NorthPennAONB
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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.
Wed 27th Oct
Local light pollution
Bowlees Visitor Centre 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.
Forthcoming events
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