Crescent Moon with Venus, Neptune, and Saturn
Saturday 1st February 2025 from 17:15pm to 19:00pm
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre
The Square, Tomintoul, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Would you like to learn more about the night sky? Join Cairngorms Astronomy Club and Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust on Saturday, February 1st at the Discovery Centre in Tomintoul at 5:15 pm for a Crescent Moon with Venus, Neptune and Saturn evening telescope session to celebrate the start of National Astronomy Week.
Please note that this has already taken place on 01/02/2025
Event organiser
Tomintoul and Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park is organising this event
Please contact Tomintoul and Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Tomintoul and Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park
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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.
Sat 1st Feb
Local light pollution
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre