Milky Way & Galaxies stargazing session (free)

Milky Way & Galaxies stargazing session (free)

Friday 25th November 2022 from 18:00pm to 20:00pm

Braes of Glenlivet Village Hall
Chapeltown, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, AB37 9JS

This free-to-join stargazing session takes place during the New Moon. This is the best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere.

Participants will be notified before the session in the event of inclement weather.

Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

Please note that this has already taken place on 25/11/2022


Event organiser

Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park

Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park is organising this event

Please contact Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.


Event booking

Please book your tickets via the Eventbrite website.

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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.



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