Stargazing in OM Dark Sky Park, Davagh Forest tonight
Possibly, in the clearer spells.
Tonight
Fair
Partly cloudy from about 2am, so you may catch the stars through gaps in the cloud. 2 of 6 forecasts show a clear sky at its best.
7pm66%0/6
8pm72%0/6
9pm79%0/6
10pm83%0/6
11pm71%1/6
midnight76%1/6
1am73%0/6
2am60%2/6
3am59%2/6
4am73%1/6☾
5am72%0/6☾
6am63%0/6☾
Each hour shows the average cloud cover, and the bar shows how many forecasts expect a clear sky (under 30% cloud). Paler hours are deep twilight rather than full darkness.
The waning crescent moon (18% lit) rises about 4am, so the hours before that are darkest.
How dark is the sky in OM Dark Sky Park, Davagh Forest?
Bright and detailed, bright enough to show its dark lanes
On a clear night you'll see
Thousands of stars, the Andromeda galaxy and faint meteors
The week ahead
TonightFairPartly cloudy from about 2am, so you may catch the stars through gaps in the cloud. 2 of 6 forecasts show a clear sky at its best.18% moon
ThursdayPoorMostly cloudy all night. 1 of 6 forecasts shows a break in the cloud at some point.10% moon
FridayClouded outCloudy all night. None of the forecasts show a clear spell.5% moon
SaturdayFairPartly cloudy from about 2am, so you may catch the stars through gaps in the cloud. 2 of 6 forecasts show a clear sky at its best.2% moon
SundayFairPartly cloudy all night, so you may catch the stars through gaps in the cloud. 1 of 5 forecasts show a clear sky at its best.0% moon
MondayGoodClear spells likely from 2am until about 4am. 1 of 5 forecasts agree.1% moon
How this works
Cloud comes from each of the forecasts we average, hour by hour. We count a forecast as clear when it shows 30% cloud or less, and the night's rating is based on its best two-hour spell.
Darkness and the moon are worked out from the positions of the sun and moon for this place. We only count hours after the end of twilight, and a bright moon high in the sky lowers the rating because it washes out fainter stars.
Light pollution is an estimate from the size and distance of every town within 350 km, using a standard rule for how sky glow fades with distance (Walker's law), checked against places whose night sky is well measured. Expect it to be within about one step on the scale. Local lights, like a floodlit car park next door, aren't included. Town populations from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).