A Guide to buying a Telescope
Thursday 11th September 2025 from 18:00pm to 20:00pm
Dark Space Planetarium
St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG6 4EG
Everything you should need to know about telescopes before spending any money!
With the huge range of telescopes available it can be difficult to know which one to buy. A wrong choice can lead to frustration or wasting of hundreds of pounds.
This workshop, led by Mike Alexander, is designed to help you understand all aspects of telescopes and what you can see with them so you can make the right choice.
Please note this is a 2-hour event.
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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.
Thu 11th Sep
Local light pollution
Dark Space Planetarium is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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