See the Orionid Meteor Shower with Galloway Forest Astronomical Society
Saturday 21st October 2023 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm
Glentrool Hive
Glentrool, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, DG8 6SY
Join the team from the Glentrool Hive in collaboration with the Galloway Forest Astronomical Society to witness the spectacular Orionid meteor shower. Telescopes will be on hand, please feel free to bring your own. The event includes an indoor presentation should the weather not be on our side! Hot refreshments available.
Please note that this has already taken place on 21/10/2023
Event organiser
Galloway Forest Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Galloway Forest Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Galloway Forest Astronomical Society
Facebook: Galloway Forest Astronomical Society
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.
Sat 21st Oct
Local light pollution
Glentrool Hive is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site 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.
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