Chasing the aurora with Wil Cheung
Thursday 9th March 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
An Lanntair
Kenneth Street, Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2DS
Astrophotographer Wil Cheung hosts regular stargazing events from an observatory at Twice Brewed Inn in Northumberland’s International Dark Sky Park. He also organises trips to Iceland to chase the Northern Lights – and will offer tips on photographing the Aurora at his first Hebridean Dark Skies Festival appearance.
This event takes place as part of the Hebridean Dark Skies Festival 2023.
Please note that this has already taken place on 09/03/2023
Event organiser
An Lanntair is organising this event
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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.
Thu 9th Mar
Local light pollution
An Lanntair 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.