Galaxies Galore from Tomintoul!
Friday 10th March 2023 from 19:30pm to 21:00pm
The Field of Hope Car Park
Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Come along and celebrate our Dark Sky Park with a telescope session focused on galaxies. Hopefully, we’ll see our nearest neighbouring galaxy Andromeda, the furthest object we can see with the naked eye at 2.5 million light-years away!
Join us for tea, telescopes and brain-tingling space facts…
Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.
Please note that this has already taken place on 10/03/2023
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.
Email: [email protected]
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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.
Fri 10th Mar
Local light pollution
The Field of Hope Car Park 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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Semi-rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.