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Manor View Bed & Breakfast - Cookstown

Manor View Bed & Breakfast - Cookstown

Cookstown, Kildress, BT80 9RS

Best time to visit

Enjoy a break at this lovely bed and breakfast overlooking Drum Manor Forest Park and easy access to the nearby OM Dark Sky Observatory at Beaghmore.

Stay & gaze - this location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks. If you visit and find that the location is not dark sky friendly please let us know!

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Weather forecast

  • 16/09/21

    16° 60%

  • 16/09/21

    16° 10%

  • 17/09/21

    15° 78%

  • 17/09/21

    15° 56%

Weather forecast for Cookstown (2.8 miles away) updated 16/09/21 at 16:00.

Local light pollution

Manor View Bed & Breakfast - Cookstown is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.

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

Light pollution map of Manor View Bed & Breakfast - Cookstown

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.

Thu 16th Sep

Waxing Gibbous
73% illuminated
Dark from 00:48 to 04:44
Dark for 3h 56m

Fri 17th Sep

Waxing Gibbous
83% illuminated
Dark from 02:13 to 04:46
Dark for 2h 33m

Sat 18th Sep

Waxing Gibbous
90% illuminated
Dark from 03:38 to 04:48
Dark for 1h 10m

Sun 19th Sep

Waxing Gibbous
96% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Mon 20th Sep

Full Moon
99% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Tue 21st Sep

Full Moon
100% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Wed 22nd Sep

Full Moon
99% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

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

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