Dark Sky Burns at Abriachan Forest
Saturday 29th January 2022 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Abriachan Forest Trust
Abriachan, Inverness, Inverness-shire, IV3 8LB
Join Highland Astronomy up at Abriachan Forest (a Dark Sky Discovery site) for an evening of stargazing and astronomy with a Burns night twist
If conditions are clear astronomer Stephen Mackintosh will be guiding you under the Milky Way class dark skies of Abriachan Forest (with a backup astronomy presentation if clouds roll in).
Meanwhile, the Abriachan team will host an outdoor Tam’s Trail to find signs of Meg and a cutty sark! Plus Haggis hand warmers and refreshments for a simple Burn’s supper fare.
Due to site and classroom capacity, booking via Eventbrite is essential. Admission is free for under 16s with accompanying adults but please inform Abriachan of any large booking requests.
Please note that this has already taken place on 29/01/2022
Event organiser
Highland Astronomy is organising this event
Please contact Highland Astronomy directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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 29th Jan
Local light pollution
Abriachan Forest Trust is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural 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.
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