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astroman
15-Jan-12, 02:54
As a follow up to last years success BBC2 will have Stargazing LIVE programmes on the evenings of Mon, Tues and Wed next week (16-18th Jan) hosted by Brian Cox and Dara O Briain. Details of the programmes can be found here - www.bbc.co.uk/tv/features/stargazing/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/features/stargazing/) & http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mlr20.

In conjunction with this, Caithness Astronomy Group will be hosting a public stargazing event on the 20th January at Castlehill Heritage Centre for those that want to join them to enjoy the wonders of the night sky details here -
http://www.caithness-science.org/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=39&p=5&Itemid=57#p298 & http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activity/stargazing-live-observing-event/occurrence/50353).

Hopefully there will be clear skies, but even if it is cloudy on the night there will be a variety of indoor astronomical talks and activities for any who wish to find out more about what can be seen in the night sky.

Mystical Potato Head
15-Jan-12, 13:04
Well i hope you get a night like last night,spent about 5 hours up at Loch More,it was awesome to see the stars reflecting in the loch.

astroman
15-Jan-12, 17:32
Well i hope you get a night like last night,spent about 5 hours up at Loch More,it was awesome to see the stars reflecting in the loch.

5 hours - you must have been cold by the end of that MPH :eek: . I was out early on giving a tour of the sky with a few friends for an hour and was pretty cold by the end of it. I was tempted to have another session later, but intermittent mist/low cloud patches above my house put me off.

By the looks of your pic in the photography forum it was stunning where you were. I've been to Loch More a couple of times and been amazed with how many stars you can see in the really dark skies. Some nice clear skies like that next Friday would be ideal.