The Dark Outside dates live

All locations and dates for the Dark Outside work linking to the Wigtown Book Festival are now live on the website www.thedarkoutside.com

Also check out  www2.astronomicalheritage.net the new integrated web portal for the Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative, launched on August 24, 2012


Astronomical heritage is evidence relating to the practice of astronomy and to social uses and representations of astronomy. It exists in the form of the tangible remains of monuments, sites and landscapes with a link to the skies that constitute a well-defined physical property. It can also involve movable objects such as instruments and archives, intangible knowledge—including indigenous knowledge still preserved in the world today—and natural environments that support human interest in astronomy, for example through the cultural use of their horizons or dark night skies.