Moon viewing at the Field of Hope
Friday 20th September 2024 from 00:00am to 23:00pm
The Field of Hope Car Park
Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Join Cairngorms Astronomy Club and members of the Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park Group at the Field of Hope, Tomintoul for a telescope moon viewing session. The waning gibbous moon on the 20th is a great time to view the moon and also provides good conditions for viewing Messier and other deep sky objects. Please meet at the Field of Hope from 9:00pm.
Please note that this has already taken place on 20/09/2024
Event organiser
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.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Tomintoul and Glenlivet Dark Sky Park
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Event booking
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.
Fri 20th Sep
Local light pollution
The Field of Hope Car Park 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.