Orionid Meteor Shower and Dark Sky Tour
Monday 20th October 2025 from 20:30pm to 22:30pm
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre
The Square, Tomintoul, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Come join us on Monday, October 20th, 2025 at 8:30 PM in Tomintoul for an evening of meteor spotting and stargazing in Tomintoul & Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park.
This year’s Orionid peak promises excellent viewing conditions, with the shower coinciding with a New Moon. The meteor shower, active from October 2nd to November 7th.
The Orionids are considered particularly special as they originate from Comet 1P/Halley – better known as Halley’s Comet.
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 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.
Mon 20th Oct
Local light pollution
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a 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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