Artwork · Ireland
Night Sky
Night Sky is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Millennium Park, a park 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2020
How to reach it
Coordinates53.38719, -6.41029
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Millennium Park: 0.5 mi
- Hartstown Park: 0.6 mi
- Cherryfield Park: 0.7 mi
- Beech Park: 0.7 mi
- The Shackleton Garden: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Proclamation memorial monument: 1.2 mi
- Luttrellstown Castle: 1.3 mi
- Castleknock Castle: 2.1 mi
- Bunchloch (Foundation Stone): 2.8 mi
- Church: 2.8 mi
Gardens
- Mrs Behan's Garden: 1.3 mi
- Avondale Garden: 1.7 mi
- TUD Blanchardstown Horticulture Garden: 1.7 mi
- Ashtown Lodge grounds: 2.6 mi
- The Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
Artworks
- The Guardian and the Dreamer: 1.5 mi
- Steel Teal: 1.5 mi
- Hope: 1.6 mi
- All Along the Banks of the Royal Canal: 1.7 mi
- Something Fishy Going On: 1.8 mi
Attractions
- Helter Skelter: 1.7 mi
- The Raging River: 1.7 mi
- The Raging River: 1.7 mi
- The Raging River: 1.7 mi
- The Summit Plummit: 1.7 mi
Springs
- Rag Well: 1.9 mi
- St. Catherine's Well: 2.9 mi
- The Covered Well: 3.8 mi
- Leixlip Spa - Spring: 4.1 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 5.0 mi
Peaks
- Ash Hill: 4.8 mi
- Athgoe Hill: 8.1 mi
- Saint Patrick's Hill: 8.4 mi
- Lyons Hill: 8.5 mi
- Verschoyle's Hill: 8.8 mi
Museums: 57
- Richmond Barracks: 5.2 mi
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 5.2 mi
- Berkeley Costume and Toy Collection: 5.6 mi
- Collins Barracks: 5.6 mi
- Asgard: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 28
- Sandymount Strand: 8.9 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 9.2 mi
- Merrion Strand: 9.8 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 11.0 mi
- Seapoint: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 20
- The Grove: 8.0 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 9.9 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 10.1 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 10.2 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Lover's Leap: 17.6 mi
- The Shaft: 19.7 mi
- Streaky Slab: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 5.1 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Poplar Square: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 4.0 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 19.9 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Night Sky. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSE 167° | 757 m | 14.8 mi |
| Seefingan | S 174° | 722.9 m | 13.5 mi |
| Seahan | S 174° | 647.3 m | 11.8 mi |
| Seefin | S 177° | 620.6 m | 13.9 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | S 172° | 617.1 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sorrel Hill | S 185° | 599.5 m | 16.6 mi |
| Glendoo Mountain | SSE 157° | 585.094 m | 12.4 mi |
| Ballymorefinn Hill | S 172° | 566 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:01 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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