A Beginners Guide to Astronomy - Tomintoul Star Party 2022
Saturday 24th September 2022 from 16:00pm to 17:00pm
Richmond Memorial Hall - Tomintoul
Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Join Pete Sherman, chair of SIGMA -Moray’s Astronomy Club, for a beginners guide to astronomy
SIGMA’s main aims are to make astronomy accessible to anyone and everyone interested, from the highly skilled to the completely “unknowledgeable”.
This event is taking place as part of the Tomintoul and Glenlivet Star Party 2022.
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/09/2022
Event organiser
Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park is organising this event
Please contact Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park
Facebook: Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park
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 24th Sep
Local light pollution
Richmond Memorial Hall - Tomintoul 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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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.