The Plough - talk and stargazing

Name: The Plough - talk and stargazing
Start: 2023-11-24T20:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-11-24T22:00:00+00:00
Location: North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory

Friday 24th November 2023 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm

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North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
Twingness, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 2BE

Enjoy an evening at the North Ronaldsy Bird Observatory at this event, which includes a talk about The Plough, fish and chips and some stargazing!

Please note that this has already taken place on 24/11/2023

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Please email [email protected] for more information.

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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.

Fri 24th Nov

Waxing Gibbous

86 % illuminated

Dark from 05:45 to 06:43

Dark for 0h 58m

Local light pollution

North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.