Cairndale Hotel Dark Sky Tour to Caerlaverock Castle
Sunday 8th October 2023 from 16:00pm to Tuesday 10th October 2023 12:00pm
Cairndale Hotel
English Street, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, DG1 2DF
Enjoy an enchanting dark sky tour on the grounds of Caerlaverock Castle. Spend the evening with our dark sky ranger, Matthew, as he teaches star navigation, delves into constellations, and regales us with celestial myths and tales. Your base for this stargazing break will be the fabulous Cairndale Hotel in Dumfries.
Please note that this has already taken place on 08/10/2023
Event organiser
Dark Sky Ranger is organising this event
Please contact Dark Sky Ranger directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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.
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Local light pollution
Cairndale Hotel is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban 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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