See the Perseids meteor shower at Clatteringshaws
Tuesday 12th August 2025 from 21:30pm to 23:30pm
Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre
Clatteringshaws House, Near New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 3SQ
Join Matthew, the Dark Sky Ranger, for this stargazing event at Clatteringshaws. Enjoy a guided tour of the sky whilst you look for shooting stars on the night of the peak of the annual Perseids meteor shower. Please contact Matthew for more details and to book your space.
Please note that this has already taken place on 12/08/2025
Event organiser
Dark Sky Ranger is organising this event
Please contact Dark Sky Ranger directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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.
Tue 12th Aug
Local light pollution
Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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