Limerick Astronomy Club

Great stuff Gordon, looks great, well done !!!, we soo need this back up after the 1.5 year hiatus !!!
And you managed to preserve all the old content in the migration, no mean feat I can tell you !!!!

Hi all, , That was perfect timing, collimation and clear weather, we spent some time collimating the scope using my own 2" kendrick collimator, scope is now working very well at low and high magnifications. Roy, thats a fine scope you got there, it'll serve you well for many years to come. The colli...

Hi All, The weather gods played ball last night and I managed to sight the Mercury/Venus/Jupiter conjunction. They were easily seen in binoculars, but to the naked eye, only Venus was readily visible. Mercury and Jupiter were not definitely visible. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5464/8879395856_0e25...

Thats tonight, should be clear, good for testing the scope aswell.

grand, see you then so at his house across from LIT.

Hi Roy,
8pm is fine by me, perfect.
As for the club, ah shur, the lads will get on just fine
Is this at Darrens house then?

Hey Roy,
So any more idea on a time for this, the weather is looking good for testing the collimation of this. Given the current planetary conjunction, I thought you'd be eager to get this done.

not for too long though

Hi All,
Since things are settled and I've a baby on the way in 4-5 weeks, I need more time to get on with what I need to do,
I'll be taking a step back in the club in general, so dont be too surprised if you dont see me at meetings.

The weather is looking good from Wednesday onwards, so that would a good time to do it and actually get a chance to test it, prove the optics are ok aswell.
All the same, I fully trust the laser, works every time on my own scope, so it should be grand.

Thats awesome Frank, looks like a confirmed sighting.

nope, did it leave a persistant trail behind it ?

no hassle. Just as I posted, the clouds came in anyway.
next week is fine for me aswell.

Hey,
Have you managed to move the scope yet, looks like this evening would be a good time to collimate it.