Scilly Dark Skies Week 2025 - Moonlit Monuments
Monday 6th October 2025 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
Island Hall & Reading Room - Isles of Scilly
Signal Row, St Martins, Isles of Scilly, TR25 0QN
Scilly Dark Skies Week 2025 celebrates the fantastic dark skies above the Isles of Scilly. Enjoy a presentation by Carolyn Kennett FRAS exploring the links between the Moon and prehistoric monuments found in the granite uplads of Southwest Britain, followed by stargazing. No need to book just turn up! Tickets £10 cash, St Martin’s residents pay what you can.
Event organiser
Community Observatory St Martins on Scilly is organising this event
Please contact Community Observatory St Martins on Scilly directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Community Observatory St Martins on Scilly
Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent 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 6th Oct
Local light pollution
Island Hall & Reading Room - Isles of Scilly is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Island Hall & Reading Room - Isles of Scilly
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