See the Perseids with Highlands Astronomical Society
Monday 12th August 2024 from 21:00pm to Tuesday 13th August 2024 02:00am
Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory
Culloden Battlefield, Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, IV2 5EU
Join the friendly astronomers from the Highlands Astronomical Society for an evening viewing the peak of the Perseids meteor shower. Guests are welcome! There’ll be a barbeque (bring your own food), hot drinks and biscuits will be provided along with help with taking photographs. Please contact the Society if you’d like to attend.
Please note that this has already taken place on 12/08/2024
Event organiser
Highlands Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact Highlands Astronomical Society 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.
Mon 12th Aug
Tue 13th Aug
Local light pollution
Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural 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.
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