Journey to our nearest galaxy! Stargazing at Sutton Bank
Saturday 5th October 2024 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm
Sutton Bank Star Hub
Sutton Bank National Park Centre, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 2EX
A stunning night is promised as we set off on a quest to help you locate our nearest major galaxy for yourself. We’ll hand around binoculars and use laser pointers to illuminate the path to the amazing Andormeda Galaxy! And there’s more. Saturn is well placed with its rings slowly closing up. And Jupiter may even peak above the trees late on. Together with the Milky Way, colourful stars and the odd meteor or two it adds up to a heavenly feast!
The Hub provides a warm indoor space for colourful presentations with a purpose built viewing area alongside. If it’s cloudy we will still see stars thanks to a brilliant computer based planetarium show.
The North York Moors National Park is an international dark sky reserve with low levels of light pollution. We advise you to wear sensible outdoor footwear and wrap up warm. Bring binoculars if you have them, although we will supply the telescopes and have plenty of astro binoculars for you to try!
Event organiser
Richard Darn is organising this event
Please contact Richard Darn directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: richard@richarddarn.com
Website: Richard Darn
Twitter: @RichDarn1
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Weather forecast
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Weather forecast for Shandy Hall (3.7 miles away) updated 04/10/24 at 12:01.
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 5th Oct
Local light pollution
Sutton Bank Star Hub 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.
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