Stargazing Weekend at the Selkirk Arms Hotel
Friday 17th October 2025 from 15:00pm to Saturday 18th October 2025 12:00pm
Selkirk Arms Hotel - Kirkcudbright
High Street, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG6 4JG
Stay at the fabulous Selkirk Arms Hotel for a wonderful weekend of Stargazing, talks and trips to the new Dark Sky Planetarium here in Kirkcudbright and the Galloway Dark sky park.
You will be joined by top Scottish Astronomer Hayden Goodfellow of the Glasgow Science centre for a fascinating insight into our night skies. A wonderful weekend!
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.
Fri 17th Oct
Sat 18th Oct
Local light pollution
Selkirk Arms Hotel - Kirkcudbright is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban 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.
Forthcoming events
Below is a list of events at Selkirk Arms Hotel - Kirkcudbright. View these events on our calendar, add them to your calendar or Google Calendar.
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