Limerick Astronomy Club

ok lads, its abit cloudy tonight but I think it'll clear up later on, so lets try the Burren tonight !! We'll meet up at Ivans car park in Limerick at 8.30 sharp, this gives us time to get there and setup before it gets fully dark. Those who know how to get there can make your own way there if you w...

Does anybody have a 12V power pack or a 8xAA battery holder I can borrow for my new AstroTrac? Otherwise, I can't track anything :(. I didn't spot that it comes without a battery holder -- it only comes with a cigarette lighter plug. The battery holder is an optional accessory but only comes with t...

well lads,
Its definitely looking good, we'll have a better idea by mid afternoon

Thats the one John, lets hope we get at good night there soon.

This is a long post but is worth it for those wanting to power their systems remotely. I've done abit of research on batteries to run the Obsessionator and have found a few points that might be useful here. Usually these power packs use a standard sealed SLI (starter,lighter,ignition) lead acid batt...

Very nice Mikkel !!
As for the weather, maybe sunday night is possible??

No problem, will do !

Yea, I've been watching the weather and it isnt looking good so far despite the nice Friday morning, if its clear, then we'll go for sure. !

Fab shots Frank !! Mikkel, what can I say???, a serious case of bad timing.. On a more general note, one big problem that I was looking for a solution to was how would we cope using Franks relations place in Doonbeg for a bigger number of people,???? I don't know how the neighbours would react again...

Hi John,
Its certainly a hard tac to master, looks like the focus is out and the stacking in registax didn't align properly, bring in the avi/bmps in the next meeting and we'll see what we can do with it.

Nice one Frank, you timed that one well.

Absolutely amazing, !! but what caused that blue screen of death there a few mins ago

Very nice Frank, that orange line on the left is certainly dramatic.!

Hi John,
I'm going up on Friday and will be staying up there for the event, lets hope we good some good skies on Saturday night. Are you bringing a scope?

Well Lads, I was away last week in Mallorca, where the sky is blue and not much clouds were to be seen. I had the opportunity to get some good sunsets there and tried getting the green flash but it just wasnt happening for me, here are some pics. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2358400942_8d41c0...