Dark skies talk and walk

Name: Dark skies talk and walk
Start: 2023-02-23T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-02-23T21:30:00+00:00
Location: North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory

Thursday 23rd February 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:30pm

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North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
Twingness, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2BE

Enjoy an evening exploring the starry skies above the North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory with the friendly astronomers from the North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group. The session includes introducing the Orion constellation, two-star count projects and taking light meter readings in preparation for the IDA Dark Sky status application.

Please note that this has already taken place on 23/02/2023

Event organiser

North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group is organising this event

Please contact North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group
Facebook: North Ronaldsay Astronomy Group

Event booking

Please get in touch with Alex on 07809 770082 if you are interested in attending this event.

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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.

Thu 23rd Feb

Waxing Crescent

10 % illuminated

Dark from 22:24 to 05:52

Dark for 7h 28m

Local light pollution

North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.