Coll & The Cosmos Stargazing Weekend - October 2020
Saturday 17th October 2020 from 11:00am to Sunday 18th October 2020 12:00pm
Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse
Arinagour, Isle of Coll, PA78 6SY
For the stargazing adventure of (perhaps) a lifetime make your way to the remote Isle of Coll for this weekend exploring the incredible dark skies above the island.
This event is for anyone and everyone! No prior knowledge of astronomy is needed — you’ll experience dark skies like you have never done before. Absorb the views through large telescopes and let your mind take yourself away to distant galaxies!
A state of the art mobile planetarium will be on site as a great alternative if the weather doesn’t play along.
After your long stargazing night and even longer lie-in go off to explore the wonderful scenery around the island.
Spaces are limited — best book up soon before we do! Website link below…
Please note that this event has already taken place on 17/10/2020
Event organiser
Cosmos Planetarium is organising this event
Please contact Cosmos Planetarium directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.cosmosplanetarium.co.uk
Twitter: @cosmosplntarium
Facebook: Cosmos Planetarium
Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent 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 17th Oct
Sun 18th Oct
Local light pollution
Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.