Tour of the Solar System with Caithness Astronomy Group

Name: Tour of the Solar System with Caithness Astronomy Group
Start: 2024-08-17T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-08-17T15:00:00+00:00
Location: RSPB Forsinard

Saturday 17th August 2024 from 14:00pm to 16:00pm

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RSPB Forsinard
A897, Forsinard, Sutherland, KW13 6YT

In conjunction with the RSPB at the Field Centre in Forsinard, join Caithness Astronomy Group for a family oriented educational event with a range of fun learning activities related to the Sun and the planets in our solar system, and explaining why the Earth has just the right conditions for diverse complex life to thrive on it. Weather permitting the event will include a walk to the observation tower as a way to illustrate the vast size of the solar system through use of a scale model.

Please note that this has already taken place on 17/08/2024

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RSPB is organising this event

Please contact RSPB directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: RSPB
Twitter: @Natures_Voice
Facebook: RSPB

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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 17th Aug

Waxing Gibbous

90 % illuminated

Dark from 01:42 to 02:55

Dark for 1h 13m

Local light pollution

RSPB Forsinard is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.