A whole night under the darkest sky in the Dales

Twelve telescopes on the field, a planetarium dome, talks from people who photograph galaxies from their back garden, and hot soup until midnight. Bring a coat. Then bring another.

GATES OPEN

17:00

LAST SHUTTLE

01:30

AGES

8 and up

Book tickets from £18

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Saturday 13 March 2027

New moon four days before

Gates

17:00 until 01:30

Where

Harkerside Field, Swaledale

Parking

Pre-book, £5 a car

Tickets

588 of 900 sold

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PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Six hours, four things not to miss

Full timetable

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17:30

Walk

Sunset from the ridge

A gentle forty-minute walk up Harker Top with a ranger, back on the field in time for the first stars.

19:00

Dome

Planetarium dome

Twenty-minute shows every forty minutes. Good for anyone under ten, and anyone who is already cold.

20:45

Talk

Sixty galaxies from a back garden

An amateur astrophotographer on what you can see from a town, with the right settings and a lot of patience.

22:30

Field

The big telescope line

All twelve telescopes on Saturn, the Orion Nebula and whatever the volunteers are most excited about.

Twelve telescopes on the field

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Planetarium dome every forty minutes

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Soup and flapjack until midnight

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Red torches only after 20:00

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Free shuttle from Low Harker

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