Scotland's Night Sky Astrophotography Workshop
Thursday 20th June 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
Pocklington Arts Centre
22-24 Market Place, Pocklington, North Yorkshire, YO42 2AR
This presentation by Andrew from Scotland’s Night Sky will showcase all celestial events that can be seen from Scotland and most of the UK. Learn how the night sky works and what seasons the night sky goes through.
The talk will showcase how to predict events such as the Northern Lights and also how to capture all aspects of the night sky through astrophotography.
See amazing low light footage of what the night sky looks like with the naked eye. Learn all about the Milky Way, Moon, Meteor Showers, Noctilucent Clouds, Lunar Eclipses, Planets, International Space Station flyovers and also see live footage of the Northern Lights from personal trips to Arctic Norway and Iceland.
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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.
Thu 20th Jun
Local light pollution
Pocklington Arts Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban 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.
Forthcoming events
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