Limerick Astronomy Club

It did sound fantastic. And those apollo astronauts won't be around forever.

But then there is the US eclipse in 2017...
And i'm already going to the states this september.
Need to do the lotto tonight.

They forgot to cover raincoats and umbrellas

Saw it yesterday through 10x50 binos
A fuzzy green star with no tail.
The way the weather is going i'm not sure i'll ever get to see it again

At the December meeting we had a good discussion on whether to go to Kerry or Lough Gur for the geminid meteor shower.
The weather during the week put paid to the idea of going to Kerry, and looking at the satellite images, it seems that we're going to be clouded out for Lough Gur as well.

I was up in bushmills last week.
Lots of places to stay there, and lots of coast nearby with dramatic scenery to use as a backdrop to any photos:
https://www.google.ie/maps/@55.2369478, ... Q!2e0!3e11

This is definetly worth the trip to the north.
I'd guess the best thing is to see what the clubs in the north are doing and meet up with them?
The 20th is a friday, the max of the eclipse is about 9:40, so i'd guess the best option is to head up thursday?

I'm going, gerry should be there as well. Hopefully the text earlier and the FB post will get a few more people going.

It was me.

Its meant to be a look at the astro year for 2015, with an emphasis on the eclipse in march.

Just a thread to make sure everyone can log on again.

I saw photos of the aurora, but everything was in the north.

Were there any sightings at the level of Galway?

Thats great Frank. It sounds like just the right kind of talk for september, when hopefully we might be getting new people as well.

Are you definite enough about the title that i can go ahead and update the meetings page on the website?

Hi Roy,

Did you go observing? Is your scope back from Daz's yet?
I was more interested in BBQ than astronomy over the weekend, who knows when we'll see the sun again.

"The Coca-Cola Space Science Center"

Its like the oscar meyer periodic table from the simpsons!

One thing that can be an issue is their weight and ease of moving around, what would people think of 4 of these under each corner of 12", the entire scope would be sitting on 4 of these, The base of the 12" is supported by 3 pads, so i'm guessing we would have to use 3 castors as well. I just don't...

You could always go with names of people involved in astro stuff. Neil and Patrick are normal names and would be a nice tribute to two big figures who have gone in the last year.