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- Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Posts
- Topic: IFAS 2018 calendar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9178
Re: IFAS 2018 calendar
yea, should we order some (5-10) for the club and flog them off at face value ??
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:50 pm
- Forum: Burren Starparty
- Topic: Burren Starparty 2017
- Replies: 0
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Burren Starparty 2017
Dates
16-17 Sept moon rises at 5am
22-23 Sept cresent moon seting good
20-21 Oct new moon good
iom 28th
16-17 Sept moon rises at 5am
22-23 Sept cresent moon seting good
20-21 Oct new moon good
iom 28th
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 11:18 pm
- Forum: General Posts
- Topic: Possible aurora for Christmas 2016
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10648
Re: Possible aurora for Christmas 2016
well, we know that Friday is a Storm Barbara, tomorrow is not alot better, so unless it lasts until the weekend ....
Ive often found that the spaceweather site is very good for very up to date alerts, it updates from observers around the world and is usually accurate.
http://www.spaceweather.com/
Ive often found that the spaceweather site is very good for very up to date alerts, it updates from observers around the world and is usually accurate.
http://www.spaceweather.com/
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Posts
- Topic: Possible aurora for Christmas 2016
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10648
Re: Possible aurora for Christmas 2016
thanks for the heads up, ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:52 pm
- Forum: Burren Starparty
- Topic: Burren Starparty, second leg, 30Sept-01Oct 2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11385
Re: Burren Starparty, second leg, 30Sept-01Oct 2016
Hi everyone, We finished up at 5.40am, !! lol and by then a little bit of fog was starting to appear but nothing that was a show stopper, as soon as we drove down the hill, we encountered severe dense fog, We were delighted by how the night went, it was perfect !, an epic observing night it was !, a...
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:08 pm
- Forum: Burren Starparty
- Topic: Burren Starparty, second leg, 30Sept-01Oct 2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11385
Re: Burren Starparty, second leg, 30Sept-01Oct
Hi everyone, the weather is looking good for tonight (Saturday Oct 1st), we'll go ahead with the Burren Starparty observing session up in the Poulnabrone carpark in the Burren from 6pm onwards. It should be getting dark from 7.30 onwards. This gives us time to set up telescopes in daylight. If you'r...
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 3:59 pm
- Forum: Burren Starparty
- Topic: Burren Starparty, second leg, 30Sept-01Oct 2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11385
Burren Starparty, second leg, 30Sept-01Oct 2016
Hi Everyone, For people not monitoring this on facebook, Due to inclement weather, we're going to cancel the observing sessions tonight at Poulenabrone carpark in Clare for tonight (Friday 30th), there will be no club reps there . We will look at the weather forecast tomorrow midday and see what we'...
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:01 am
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session on Friday 3 June 2016
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21008
Re: Observing session on Friday 3 June 2016
Hi Conn, We stayed until sunrise, was it 3.30-4 ? I haven't noticed this blinking effect as strongly in other planetary nebulae. I couldn't help notice how much better the planets got as the night went on, as the mirror cooled, I'm going to get some fans together to cool it down quicker. Again, many...
- Thu May 26, 2016 10:18 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Mercury transit 9th May 2016
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16566
Re: Mercury transit 9th May 2016
Plans are afoot Gordon, we have plenty of time to organise it. ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
- Tue May 24, 2016 12:34 am
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Mercury transit 9th May 2016
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16566
Re: Mercury transit 9th May 2016
Thats great John, glad you got to se it. One interesting thing to note with this transit was that Mercury was practically at aphelion, as far from the Sun as it can get, in other words, its as near to us as it gets, so its as big as possible, the next transit in 2019 is at perihelion, making it alot...
- Sat May 14, 2016 11:53 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Mercury transit 9th May 2016
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16566
Re: Mercury transit 9th June 2016
Hi ,
I got around to processing the images, and this is the result
![Image](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7731/26451996653_21c2cd8b34_b.jpg)
We missed the start of the transit and intermittent light clouds prevented a evenly spaced sequence, still though, I'm happy enough with it.
I got around to processing the images, and this is the result
![Image](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7731/26451996653_21c2cd8b34_b.jpg)
We missed the start of the transit and intermittent light clouds prevented a evenly spaced sequence, still though, I'm happy enough with it.
- Tue May 10, 2016 7:50 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Mercury transit 9th May 2016
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16566
Re: Mercury transit 9th June 2016
Hi Conn, Glad to see you got a glimpse of it. Early on Monday morning I had a look at satellite images and saw there wasn't a hope of good viewing here, tbh I'm surprised you got to see anything. I saw the massive clearance north of the Mourne mountains. I decided I'm out of here and contacted Micha...
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:44 pm
- Forum: Gallery & Techniques
- Topic: Irish Astrophotography Exhibition Feb 2nd to feb 21st
- Replies: 7
- Views: 30895
Re: Irish Astrophotography Exhibition Feb 2nd to feb 21st
pretty cool.
Also, as far as i know, this exhibition is traveling to Belfast, after that I dont know...
Also, as far as i know, this exhibition is traveling to Belfast, after that I dont know...
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:57 am
- Forum: Buy & Sell
- Topic: Intes MK-67 Telescope , 6" Maksutov
- Replies: 1
- Views: 26252
Re: Intes MK-67 Telescope , 6" Maksutov
Last chance guys,
I'll have this on sale at Cosmos in April unless someone in the clubs wants it first.
I'll have this on sale at Cosmos in April unless someone in the clubs wants it first.
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Posts
- Topic: Trip to Dunsink / Astrophotography exhibition
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8933
Re: Trip to Dunsink / Astrophotography exhibition
I'll head up to this. Could be interesting..