End of the Dark – A Special Event for International Dark Sky Week
Thursday 24th April 2025 from 22:00pm to 23:45pm
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre
The Square, Tomintoul, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Mark the End of Dark Sky season in northern Scotland during International Dark Sky Week with a nighttime walk to the new Skyhide at Glenlivet Estate. Enjoy a hot chocolate and find about the latest developments in the Dark Sky Park. Join the Cairngorms Astronomy Club and Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust for this evening under the stars. The event kicks off at 10:00 PM at the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre in Tomintoul.
Please note that this has already taken place on 24/04/2025
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.
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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.
Thu 24th Apr
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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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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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