View Sunspots from Culloden Observatory

Name: View Sunspots from Culloden Observatory
Start: 2024-05-10T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-05-10T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory

Friday 10th May 2024 from 18:00pm to 22:00pm

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Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory
Culloden Battlefield, Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, IV2 5EU

Join the members from the Highlands Astronomical Society for a solar observation session viewing vast sunspots on the surface of our nearest star. There’s also a great chance to spot the aurora tonight, too! A charge of £6.00 on the door applies to visitors.

Please note that this has already taken place on 10/05/2024

Event organiser

Highlands Astronomical Society is organising this event

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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 10th May

Waxing Crescent

5 % illuminated

Dark from 00:43 to 01:45

Dark for 1h 2m

Local light pollution

Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.