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- Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:49 am
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session Friday Sept14th, 2007
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- Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:47 am
- Forum: General Posts
- Topic: SAC's Frank and Dave's radio interview
- Replies: 5
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- Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:44 am
- Forum: General Posts
- Topic: Limerick Leader articles - 2 year milestone
- Replies: 5
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- Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:02 am
- Forum: Committee Announcements
- Topic: Clubs 12" Telescope, who wants it?
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- Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:45 pm
- Forum: Committee Announcements
- Topic: Clubs 12" Telescope, who wants it?
- Replies: 12
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That is one very impressive looking truss Dob, but there is one thing that design is not taking into account, DEW ! The secondary will fog over and so will the primary given the pic above, the one thing the obsession has is a very big mirror box, this serves as a mini dew shield for the 20" mirror a...
- Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:50 pm
- Forum: Committee Announcements
- Topic: Clubs 12" Telescope, who wants it?
- Replies: 12
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H Frank, Its great that you now have this scope, we all know the bad state the mirror is now in, you can compare it to the images further up in this thread, it was not looked after. They were taken about 3 years ago and it was in pretty good shape back then. I think you and I agree that this scope n...
- Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:16 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session Friday Sept14th, 2007
- Replies: 8
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No worries, We started at around 9 and finished at about 1am, This time using high power (500x), we were able to see the central star of the ring nebula, its certainly a difficult object. See more here http://www.irishastronomy.org/boards/viewtopic.php?t=7044&highlight=&sid=12cd80e54597e65b008068129...
- Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:15 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session Friday Sept14th, 2007
- Replies: 8
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Observing session Friday Sept14th, 2007
Hi All,
Observing session to be held in Boher as per usual, we'll meet at the pub car park at 8.30, see you then.!
Observing session to be held in Boher as per usual, we'll meet at the pub car park at 8.30, see you then.!
- Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:21 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session Friday Sept7th 2007
- Replies: 8
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Its up to you Dave to raise the bar and get a 25" scope, and a trailer + car to bring it around :lol: Glad you enjoyed the night. The one thing you'll find about astronomy is that the more you know about it, the more there is learn, there is no end to it, everything from scope optics and abberations...
- Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:12 pm
- Forum: Telescopes & Other Astro Gear
- Topic: Astronomy Software List
- Replies: 4
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- Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:49 am
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session Friday Sept7th 2007
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10616
Well lads what a fantastic night, !! :P It was probabily the most transparent night we've ever had up on the hill, the milkyway was was clearly visible from Perseus on the northeastern horizon to Sagittarius in the south, the Cygnus rift was easily visible right down to Ophiuchus. We set the scopes ...
- Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:22 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session Friday Sept7th 2007
- Replies: 8
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- Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:55 pm
- Forum: Observing Sessions
- Topic: Observing session Friday Sept7th 2007
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10616
Observing session Friday Sept7th 2007
Lads, the weather is looking good, I'm going to send out an observing notice soon on the automated system, if you're not on it and want to be, then let me know.
We'll be at Boher at 8pm, if you have any issues send me a pm or make a post here.
We'll be at Boher at 8pm, if you have any issues send me a pm or make a post here.
- Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:19 pm
- Forum: Gallery & Techniques
- Topic: Members Astrophotos
- Replies: 8
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- Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:26 am
- Forum: Committee Announcements
- Topic: Clubs 12" Telescope, who wants it?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 26887