Dark Skies Scotland

[stekar]

Did anyone else go to the Stargazing event on Friday or Saturday evening at Dunnet?

I would like to thank the two chaps who ran it. It was excellent, really informative and those telescopes were amazing!

[WeeBurd]

Nope, but I sure would have enjoyed it! Many I night I've spent out in the garden, wrapped up to the hilt, trying to cower away from any nearby streetlights so I didn't lose my night vision :lol:! Good times...

[marlyn]

Yes, my husband and daughter went along on the saturday afternoon and had a great time, my husband wants a telescope now!

We all wrapped up warm, the little one could hardly move - and headed along on Saturday night, but it was cancelled because there was too much cloud, it was a real shame because the kids were really looking forward to it, but we went into the forest for a 'spooky' dusk walk and the kids had a grand old time bashing away on the huge xylophone - anyone else in the forest would have been looking for the ghosties LOL

[stekar]

Aww, what a shame about the cloud on Saturday night. It was a perfect night on the Friday, and picking out all the constellations was brilliant.

I'd love one of those huge telescopes too, dread to think how much they cost though.

[percy toboggan]

I'm told you can get a first rate telescope for about six hundred quid. I intend to get one when I'm old. And a bow and arrow. Archery and astronomy are on my dotage list.

p.s. make it a dozen arrows.