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Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse

Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse

Arinagour, Isle of Coll, Isle of Coll, PA78 6SY

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Comfortable and cosy hostel accommodation with excellent facilities and the most amazing dark skies. Excellent getaway retreat for anyone keen or interested in astronomy. Venue to the twice annual “Coll & The Cosmos” star-camp.

Stay & gaze - this location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks.

Weather forecast

  • 04/10/24

    14° 50%

  • 04/10/24

    14° 14%

  • 05/10/24

    14° 20%

  • 05/10/24

    14° 59%

Weather forecast for Arinagour Isle Of Coll (0.0 miles away) updated 04/10/24 at 04:01.

Local light pollution

Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.

The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.

Light pollution map of Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse

Best time to visit

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 when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.

Fri 4th Oct

New Moon
1 % illuminated
Dark from 19:13 to 05:17
Dark for 10h 3m

Sat 5th Oct

Waxing Crescent
4 % illuminated
Dark from 19:11 to 05:19
Dark for 10h 7m

Sun 6th Oct

Waxing Crescent
9 % illuminated
Dark from 19:08 to 05:21
Dark for 10h 12m

Mon 7th Oct

Waxing Crescent
15 % illuminated
Dark from 19:05 to 05:23
Dark for 10h 17m

Tue 8th Oct

Waxing Crescent
23 % illuminated
Dark from 19:03 to 05:25
Dark for 10h 21m

Wed 9th Oct

First Quarter
32 % illuminated
Dark from 19:50 to 05:27
Dark for 9h 37m

Thu 10th Oct

First Quarter
42 % illuminated
Dark from 21:06 to 05:29
Dark for 8h 23m

Find more dates

If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!

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Forthcoming events

Below is a list of events at Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse. View these events on our calendar, add them to your calendar or Google Calendar.

  • Coll & The Cosmos Stargazing Weekend – November 2024

    Saturday 2nd November 2024 from 12:00pm to Sunday 3rd November 2024 13:00pm

    Isle of Coll - Coll Bunkhouse, Isle of Coll, PA78 6SY

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