The Isle of Coll has been designated a ‘dark sky island’, with there being no street lights pretty much the whole island is as dark as it gets. As mentioend on the Dark Sky Coll website this is a suitable location with car parking.
Weather forecast
-
19/01/22
7° 8% -
19/01/22
5° 41% -
20/01/22
5° 5% -
20/01/22
5° 9%
Weather forecast for Arinagour Isle Of Coll (0.2 miles away) updated 19/01/22 at 12:00.
Local light pollution
Isle of Coll - Arinagour is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
-
Urban
-
Suburban
-
Semi-rural
-
Rural
-
Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Best time to visit
The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.
Wed 19th Jan
Thu 20th Jan
Fri 21st Jan
Sat 22nd Jan
Sun 23rd Jan
Mon 24th Jan
Tue 25th Jan
Find more dates
If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!
Calendar