New Moon Walk at OM Dark Sky Observatory
Saturday 26th April 2025 from 20:00pm to 22:00pm
OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory
Davagh Forest, Cookstown, County Tyrone, BT79 8JH
As part of International Dark Sky Week 2025 we are welcoming people of all ages and abilities to come and join the global celebration of the night.
Our unique New Moon walk within the Dark Sky Park will start as the sun goes down with twilight kicking before the end of your walk. Our friendly astronomy team will discuss how you can help to protect the night, our night sky heritage and how the animals that we have here in Northern Ireland have adapted to do well in the dark.
If skies are clear our astronomy guides will be able to show you the Irish constellations, explaining their history and mythology and their connections to our landscape. If skies are too cloudy for stargazing we’ll instead spend a bit more time indoors to explore the night sky digitally, and you will still enjoy a dark walk outside as well.
This event is for all ages and abilities and family friendly. Please dress weather appropriate and bring a torch (preferably red).
Event organiser
OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory is organising this event
Please contact OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. 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.
Sat 26th Apr
Local light pollution
OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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