Charity night walk and stargazing
Saturday 12th October 2024 from 17:30pm to 21:30pm
The Cheviot Centre
Padgepool Place, Wooler, Northumberland, NE71 6BL
A special event to offer a new perspective of Wooler, with a spot of star gazing, taking in the unique experience of climbing Humbleton Hill in the darkness. This is a torch-lit, 6km route which is fully marshalled.
Registration from 5.30pm at the Cheviot Centre, Wooler, where you will be able to purchase some bright glow sticks and lights (hopefully not too bright, you’ll want to see the stars!).
Start: 6pm Cost: £10 Adult £5 per child (Sponsorship of £25 per family)
Sign up as a team, a family or bring your friends, all ages are welcome and dogs on short leads are welcome.
This event is run in support of Hospice Care North Northumberland.
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.
Sat 12th Oct
Local light pollution
The Cheviot Centre 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.
Forthcoming events
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