Loch Doon & Scottish Dark Sky Observatory Site

55.2500000° N, -4.3833000° E • Elevation: 230m

🌌 About This Observing Location

Sprawling loch in the Galloway Hills providing mirror-flat water foregrounds beneath dense starfields of the Milky Way core.

Bortle Scale Class 2

Elevation 230 m

Latitude 55.25°

Longitude -4.383°

Updated hourly via Open-Meteo

Thu, Oct 15

75%

Avg Night Cloud

Sunset: 18:18

Sunrise: 07:47

Overcast Sky

Fri, Oct 16

25%

Avg Night Cloud

Sunset: 18:15

Sunrise: 07:49

Optimal Sky

Sat, Oct 17

35%

Avg Night Cloud

Sunset: 18:13

Sunrise: 07:51

Fair Sky

Sun, Oct 18

37%

Avg Night Cloud

Sunset: 18:11

Sunrise: 07:53

Fair Sky

Class 2: Truly dark site with negligible glow.

Naked-Eye Limiting Mag: 7.1 – 7.5 mag

Milky Way Visibility: Brilliant with complex structures

Zodiacal Light: Distinct in spring/autumn

Astronotify continuously computes SGP4 high-precision orbital chords for the International Space Station passing across the Sun and Moon.

Track this spot to compute personalized solar & lunar transit predictions.