Moon in the Square at Tomintoul
Wednesday 5th February 2025 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre
The Square, Tomintoul, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Join Cairngorms Astronomy Group and Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust in The Square, Tomintoul for an all ages telescope moon viewing session during National Astronomy Week. The first quarter Moon on Wednesday, February 5th forms a triangle with Uranus and the Pleiades or Seven Sisters star cluster.
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.
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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.
Wed 5th Feb
Local light pollution
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre 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.
Light pollution map of Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre
Forthcoming events
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