Stargazing at the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory

Name: Stargazing at the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory
Start: 2019-04-26T20:00:00+00:00
End: 2019-04-26T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Scottish Dark Sky Observatory

Friday 26th April 2019 from 20:00pm to 23:00pm

Visit event website

Scottish Dark Sky Observatory
Craigengillan Lodge, Dalmellington, East Ayrshire, KA6 7PZ

Amaze at the wonderfully dark skies above Galloway, see the Milky Way arching overhead and observe through large aperture instruments with the assistance of experienced resident and volunteer Astronomers. Events take place most weekday and weekend evenings (closed Monday’s and Tuesday’s) and the observatory is sometimes reserved for private events. Event start and end times vary throughout the year. Advanced booking required.

Please note that this event has already taken place on 26/04/2019

Event organiser

Scottish Dark Sky Observatory is organising this event

Please contact Scottish Dark Sky Observatory directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: https://scottishdarkskyobservatory.co.uk/
Twitter: @darkskyobs
Facebook: Scottish Dark Sky Observatory

Event booking

For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.

Visit event website

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.

Fri 26th Apr

Third Quarter

59% illuminated

Dark from 21:20 to 02:49

Dark for 5h 28m

Local light pollution

Scottish Dark Sky Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.