Culloden Observatory Open Evening

Name: Culloden Observatory Open Evening
Start: 2025-02-07T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-07T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory

Friday 7th February 2025 from 18:00pm to 21:00pm

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Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory
Culloden Battlefield, Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, IV2 5EU

The friendly astronomers from the Highlands Astronomical Society are opening their observatory to members, guests and visitors this evening, and everyone is welcome to join them! There’s no need to book; pay a small donation on the door.

Please note that this has already taken place on 07/02/2025

Event organiser

Highlands Astronomical Society is organising this event

Please contact Highlands Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

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Website: Highlands Astronomical Society
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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.

Fri 7th Feb

First Quarter

68 % illuminated

Dark from 18:25 to 06:33

Dark for 12h 7m

Local light pollution

Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.