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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

  • 25/01/22

    6° 8%

  • 25/01/22

    6° 5%

  • 26/01/22

    6° 8%

  • 26/01/22

    6° 9%

Weather forecast for Cookstown (2.8 miles away) updated 25/01/22 at 04:00.

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.

Tue 25th Jan

Third Quarter
56% illuminated
Dark from 18:16 to 02:14
Dark for 7h 57m

Wed 26th Jan

Third Quarter
45% illuminated
Dark from 18:17 to 03:45
Dark for 9h 27m

Thu 27th Jan

Third Quarter
34% illuminated
Dark from 18:19 to 05:16
Dark for 10h 56m

Fri 28th Jan

Waning Crescent
24% illuminated
Dark from 18:21 to 06:41
Dark for 12h 19m

Sat 29th Jan

Waning Crescent
14% illuminated
Dark from 18:22 to 06:56
Dark for 12h 33m

Sun 30th Jan

Waning Crescent
7% illuminated
Dark from 18:24 to 06:55
Dark for 12h 30m

Mon 31st Jan

New Moon
2% illuminated
Dark from 18:26 to 06:53
Dark for 12h 26m

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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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