Highlands Astronomical Society meeting

Name: Highlands Astronomical Society meeting
Start: 2024-04-02T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-04-02T20:00:00+00:00
Location: The Café at Smithton Church

Tuesday 2nd April 2024 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

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The Café at Smithton Church
1 Murray Road, Smithton, Inverness-shire, IV2 7YU

Visitors are welcome to join the Highlands Astronomical Society for monthly meetings at the cafe in Smithton Church.

Meetings occur on the first Tuesday of every month from August to May (in January, it’s the second Tuesday to avoid New Year) and include a presentation by a guest speaker.

These sessions are ideal for learning more about this local astronomy club and stargazing events at their Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory.

Please note that this has already taken place on 02/04/2024

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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.

Email: [email protected]
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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.

Tue 2nd Apr

Third Quarter

51 % illuminated

Dark from 20:28 to 04:08

Dark for 7h 39m

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.