The Astro Dog team consists of 3 members:

Nicole, Simon and the Astro Dog herself, Luna.

You may also meet other additional helping hands during events.

Public stargazing events in the North York Moors and across North Yorkshire

Science communication, STEM and outreach

Private events, events for schools, scouts/guides and clubs

Astronomy and Astrophotography journalism and documentation

Night photography and Astrophotography

Night Sky Guide Videos & Astrophotography Vlogs

Night and Astrophotography Workshops (coming soon)

Astro Dog is a small astronomy and astrophotography business ran by experienced astronomers/astrophotographers/event-organisers/educational-providers with a loyal and continually expanding following. We offer a range of educational astronomy experiences and services. We run public stargazing experiences under the beautifully dark skies of the North York Moors National Park, as well as being dedicated aurora hunters and astrophotographers.

We are passionate about teaching others about/helping others to view all the wonders of the night sky.

We started our astronomy and astrophotography journey in 2015, when we took our first astrophotography images of the Perseid meteor shower, using our first DSLR camera. Since then we have furthered our knowledge, understanding and practical experience in astronomy and astrophotography exponentially and have added to our ever growing list of professional astronomy and astrophotography equipment.

Our passion for astronomy and astrophotography was noticed by the local events business Hidden Horizons, and we were asked to run their stargazing events in 2021. After running stargazing events on behalf of Hidden Horizons for a year, we now run all stargazing events at the Dalby Forest courtyard as Astro Dog.

Since we started running stargazing events at Dalby, we have welcomed thousands of guests to our cozy stargazing hub and now hold astronomy events all across the North Yorkshire region.

Our stargazing events and astrophotography have been featured on television, radio and in many local, regional and national media publications such as LUXE, the Gazette/Herald, the Telegraph, BBC Sky At Night, and the Times to name only a few.

We have strong ties with and regularly work with the North York Moors National Park, we are one of their largest event providers for their annual Dark Skies Festivals that take place every February and October. The NYMNP have described us as one of their exemplar providers.

We also provide private events and deliver events/outreach sessions for local schools and groups, and other local businesses events

We are continually working to improve and develop our offerings. We are developing our offerings to include public events covering different subjects in the near future and we look forward to seeing more guests at our stargazing events.

We have always had fantastic feedback from our events and private sessions, whether that be running educational childrens sessions, sessions for vulnerable adults or birthday parties for 8 - 80 year olds.

Whilst we are not a charity, we believe in supporting our local community, and have always aimed to make everything we do as affordable and accessible as we can.