Stargazing and Talk 'Losing the Cosmos' - Torridon
Saturday 9th December 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Loch Torridon Community Centre
Torridon Hall, Torridon, Ross-shire, IV22 2EZ
Enjoy an evening of stargazing at the Bothan on Badentarbet Pier near Achiltibuie, including a laser-guided tour of the constellations and views through telescopes of planets, galaxies, stellar nurseries, star clusters and more (weather permitting).
Learn how you can protect and promote your dark skies in the informative talk ‘Losing the Cosmos’.
If the weather isn’t clear, don’t worry, as there will be lots of other space-themed activities on offer indoors, telescope demos, meteorites, virtual reality headsets (Scale of the Universe), projections of the night sky (flat-screen) and Q&A with our astronomers.
This event is free, but when checking out you can donate towards next year’s Wester Ross Dark Skies Festival activities. Your support is much appreciated!
This event is part of the Wester Ross Dark Skies Festival.
Please note that this has already taken place on 09/12/2023
Event organiser
Cosmos Planetarium is organising this event
Please contact Cosmos Planetarium directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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 9th Dec
Local light pollution
Loch Torridon Community Centre 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.