Restrictions imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19 have impacted in many areas, including on how dark the sky is at night, according to workers in a dark sky park that was due to open this month.
The OM Dark Sky Observatory at the foot of the Sperrin Mountains in Co Tyrone is the 78th dark sky park in the world.
It had been due to open at the start of this month, but this has been postponed until autumn due to Covid-19.
The observatory is one of the many businesses across the country that are now closed after the restrictions were introduced last night
Workers at the park has said that these closures have significantly reduced light pollution, leading to a better view for celestial events such as last week's Pink Moon.
Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, the tourism manager at the observatory encouraged people to "go out and enjoy the star party in the sky" tonight.
Mary McKeown said that Venus is at its highest of any time of the year and suggested people go out tonight and let their eyes rest for 30 minutes in order to see the planet at its brightest.
She said people should also be able to see a "natural triangle" of the seven sisters - also known as the Pleiades cluster - which Ms McKeown said are the seven brightest stars of all star clusters.
Ms McKeown also said that Co Tyrone is blessed because "we have the darkest sky in Northern Ireland".
She also said tomorrow morning should also offer a treat for any early risers.
"The 15th morning if you look south east in the sky you will see the third quarter moon which is also showing a nice triangular between Jupiter and Saturn, and Jupiter is the one of the right which is a wee bit brighter than Saturn."
