Fun after Dark in the Park - National Astronomy Week
Saturday 8th February 2025 from 17:00pm to 18:30pm
Glenlivet Estate Office
Main Street, Tomintoul, Banffshire, AB37 9EX, Scotland
Celebrate National Astronomy Week with storytelling under the stars and rope walking in the dark!
Join Nana Tomova for wonderful stories of the stars and then use a rope trail to wind through the dark forest and find your way to the centre of the maze.
Everyone welcome to this family friendly event. Volunteers will be there to help guide you to the woods where everything will be taking place. Bring your own mug and we will provide the hot chocolate, tea, and coffee. Wrap up really, really, really warm! Blankets will be provided for the storytelling. Please also bring a torch!
This is a free event with no booking required. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
Please note that this has already taken place on 08/02/2025
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 8th Feb
Local light pollution
Glenlivet Estate Office 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.