ZTF Comet Viewing at the Tomintoul Field of Hope
Tuesday 7th February 2023 from 17:45pm to 20:45pm
The Field of Hope Car Park
Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Come along to see the green Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) through the telescope from the Field of Hope, Tomintoul. Clear skies are forecast for Tuesday evening, and the moon won’t rise until 18:45, so this will be an excellent opportunity to catch this incredible visitor to our skies last seen 50,000 years ago! Hosted by Cairngorms Astronomy Group and Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust.
Please note that this has already taken place on 07/02/2023
Event organiser
Tomintoul and Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park is organising this event
Please contact Tomintoul and Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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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.
Tue 7th Feb
Local light pollution
The Field of Hope Car Park is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural 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.