Perseid Meteor Shower and Twilight River Stroll
Friday 12th August 2022 from 22:30pm to Saturday 13th August 2022 00:00am
OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory
Davagh Forest, Cookstown, County Tyrone, BT79 8JH
The Perseids are a prolific summer meteor shower, peaking in mid-August. Reaching over 60 meteors an hour, they are one of the most spectacular naked eye astronomical events of the year. Whilst this year’s peak coincides with a full moon, we’re still optimistic that they’ll put on a good show!
Please note that this has already taken place on 12/08/2022
Event organiser
OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory is organising this event
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Event booking
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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.
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Sat 13th Aug
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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