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Manor View Bed & Breakfast - Cookstown

Manor View Bed & Breakfast - Cookstown

Cookstown, Kildress, County Tyrone, 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.

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Weather forecast

  • 25/04/24

    9° 5%

  • 25/04/24

    5° 1%

  • 26/04/24

    4° 0%

  • 26/04/24

    4° 1%

Weather forecast for Cookstown (2.8 miles away) updated 24/04/24 at 20:00.

Local light pollution

Manor View Bed & Breakfast - Cookstown is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural 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 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.

Moon phase on Thu 25th Apr

Thu 25th Apr

Full Moon
99 % illuminated
Dark from 21:24 to 22:20
Dark for 0h 55m
Moon phase on Fri 26th Apr

Fri 26th Apr

Waning Gibbous
96 % illuminated
Dark from 21:27 to 23:44
Dark for 2h 16m
Moon phase on Sat 27th Apr

Sat 27th Apr

Waning Gibbous
91 % illuminated
Dark from 21:30 to 00:59
Dark for 3h 28m
Moon phase on Sun 28th Apr

Sun 28th Apr

Waning Gibbous
84 % illuminated
Dark from 21:33 to 01:57
Dark for 4h 23m
Moon phase on Mon 29th Apr

Mon 29th Apr

Waning Gibbous
76 % illuminated
Dark from 21:36 to 02:37
Dark for 5h 0m
Moon phase on Tue 30th Apr

Tue 30th Apr

Third Quarter
66 % illuminated
Dark from 21:38 to 03:02
Dark for 5h 23m
Moon phase on Wed 1st May

Wed 1st May

Third Quarter
55 % illuminated
Dark from 21:41 to 03:03
Dark for 5h 21m

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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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