Star Party at the Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory

Name: Star Party at the Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory
Start: 2024-03-30T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-03-30T22:00:00+00:00
Location: Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory

Saturday 30th March 2024 from 18:00pm to 22:00pm

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Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory
Culloden Battlefield, Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, IV2 5EU

Join the friendly astronomers from the Highlands Astronomical Society for this star party at their observatory. It’s perhaps the last chance to see Comet 12P/Pons Brooks, and offers possible glimpse of Mercury setting in the sunset. The moon is favourable too, allowing for observation of dim and distant objects through their powerful telescopes. Please contact the Society if you plan to attend.

Please note that this has already taken place on 30/03/2024

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 darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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 30th Mar

Waning Gibbous

80 % illuminated

Dark from 20:20 to 02:15

Dark for 5h 54m

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.