Pentre Castell, Llanberis, LL55 4UB

Description

Join astronomers from Dark Sky Wales at the fantastic location of Dolbadarn Castle for an evening of stargazing.

- Event will involve stargazing and observing the skies through telescopes weather permitting

Corona virus

Please be aware that due to the Coronavirus it is likely that this event has been cancelled or postponed. If you are considering attending this event please double check with the event organiser directly to confirm. If this event is indeed affected the organisers will no doubt need your support in the future -- please do consider attending an event of theirs when possible! Thank you!

Organiser

This event is being organised by Dark Sky Wales who should be contacted if you have any queries. We highly recommend you confirm this event is indeed going ahead before travelling. If you do attend it would be fantastic if you could let the organiser know you found them via Go Stargazing!

Bookings

Please contact Dark Sky Wales directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Go to the organiser's web page for this event

Location light pollution

This location is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural setting based on satellite data from CPRE.

Urban Suburban Semi-rural Rural Dark site

The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium

Location darkness on Sunday 12th August 2018

The below graphic shows if and when it will be dark at Dolbadarn Castle on the evening of this event. Yellow areas show when the skies are not dark due to daylight (bold yellow) and moonlight (faded yellow). Click on the image for an explanation on how darkness is determined.