Highlands Astronomical Society 30th Anniversary Celebtrations
Saturday 23rd November 2024 from 00:00am to 00:00am
The Café at Smithton Church
1 Murray Road, Smithton, Inverness-shire, IV2 7YU
Everyone is welcome to join the friendy members of the Highlands Astronomical Society in this celebration of their 30th anniversary.
Steve Owens kicks off the celebrations with his talk on Dark Skies. Steve is the Science Operations Manager at the Glasgow Science Centre. He’s going to speak about all things Dark Sky and the positive contribution to star gazing that it brings amongst other things.
Join them as they celebrate the clubs great contribution to the Highlands over the past 30 years.
Please note that this has already taken place on 23/11/2024
Event organiser
Highlands Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Highlands Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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 23rd Nov
Local light pollution
The Café at Smithton Church 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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