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Dark sky success for Isle of Man

Several Manx sites have been granted Dark Sky status by an international body which recognises star-gazing locations around the world.
The areas recognised by the Dark Sky Association include Smeale Nature Reserve, Niarbyl and The Sound.
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Dark Sky Discovery all set for a winter of stargazing

A restaurant car park, a hotel and a caravan park may not seem the most likely places for a spot of stargazing but these are just some of the areas being named as Dark Sky Discovery Sites as a brand new season of stargazing gets underway. Just a week before the clocks go back and as the nights draw in, 18 new sites are being unveiled in total, stretching from the Highlands to the Isles of Scilly. All of them have been nominated by communities in urban and rural areas and approved by the Science and Technology Facilities Council-led Dark Sky Discovery programme as safe, accessible areas with reduced light pollution that are good for seeing the stars. Alongside the new sites, a brand new programme of stargazing events is being unveiled, offering people from all walks of life opportunities to see, among other things, bugs that have survived a journey in space, a former NASA astronaut and learn how to spot star constellations.
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Dark Sky Discovery is ready for BBC Stargazing Live

The pioneering Dark Sky Discovery initiative is all set to help the UK go stargazing crazy when BBC Two's 'Stargazing LIVE' returns to our screens at 8.30pm, Monday 16 January 2012. Led by STFC, and funded by the Big Lottery Fund through Natural England's Access to Nature scheme,  Dark Sky Discovery partners will be running many of the events coinciding with 'Stargazing LIVE' to create a nationwide celebration of the wonders of astronomy.
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Scotland 
MorayCabrach
Skye and LochalshTrumpan Carpark
 Stein Jetty Car Park
 Knockbreck Primary School Car Park
 Kinloch Forest
 Kylerhea
 Camas na Sgianadin
 Clan Donald - Steadings
 Clan Donald - Back Lawn
 Clan Donald - Front Lawn
LochaberGlen Nevis
MidlothianNewbattle Abbey
England 
North EastKielder Forest Observatory, Northumberland
North WestLow Gillerthwaite Study Centre, Ennerdale
South WestWimbleball Lake, Exmoor
EastWaterWorks Nature Reserve, Lee Valley Regional Park
SouthQueen Elizabeth Country Park, Hampshire
Wales 
Brecon BeaconsMountain Centre, Libanus

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Several organisations, including the Forestry Commission and the John Muir Trust, are collaborating to establish inner-city dark sky discovery sites in "small oases of unlit land".
Dan Hillier, manager of the visitors' centre at Edinburgh's Royal Observatory, is leading the project, which he claimed would be the first of its kind in the world.

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