Certified dark-sky park

Kerry Dark Sky Reserve

IE · Truly dark skies

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About this place

Overview
Southwest Ireland; gold-tier IDA reserve on the Wild Atlantic Way
Horizon
Atlantic Ocean horizon to the west and south; mountains inland
Region
IE
Nearest city
~80 km of light pollution

Designation & sky

Type
Dark-Sky Park
Designation
IDA Dark Sky Reserve
Sky quality
Bortle 2.0 (measured) · Truly dark
Measured brightness
21.7 mag/arcsec² · Kerry IDSR (reserve site via Internet Archive, corroborated): representative darkest-zone zenith 21.7 mag/arcsec^2

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