Hey Guy's.
How cool was last night, I've never seen a sky that dark. The Burren really kicks ass. The Milkyway looked like some1 just rubbed out a chalk line on a blackboard, it was so vivid. But I have to say we got very lucky with a sky like that, I think KARMA said it owes me 1.(YOU GOTTA LOVE KARMA). Heres to many more nights like that.
Cheers Roy
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Roy Stewart.
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I guess you now will think differently about
the sky you have there in Meelick.
You really need to get away from lights
to see the faint stuff.
Planets / moon grand but a dark (truly dark)
sky is a must.
In fact we are spoiled with the Burren on our doorstep.
It's 40 min drive away.
Nothing in terms if what Dublin guys / uk / or us guys drive to get to similar conditions.
Even Boher is very good by normal standards.
the sky you have there in Meelick.
You really need to get away from lights
to see the faint stuff.
Planets / moon grand but a dark (truly dark)
sky is a must.
In fact we are spoiled with the Burren on our doorstep.
It's 40 min drive away.
Nothing in terms if what Dublin guys / uk / or us guys drive to get to similar conditions.
Even Boher is very good by normal standards.
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Your dead right, compared to the burren I'm living in a lighthouse.Frank Ryan wrote:I guess you now will think differently about
the sky you have there in Meelick.
You really need to get away from lights
to see the faint stuff.
Planets / moon grand but a dark (truly dark)
sky is a must.
In fact we are spoiled with the Burren on our doorstep.
It's 40 min drive away.
Nothing in terms if what Dublin guys / uk / or us guys drive to get to similar conditions.
Even Boher is very good by normal standards.
Cheers Roy
Roy Stewart.
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well if the darkest place on the planet was a 10, the Burren would be a 9, Boher a 6 and anywhere near the city a 1.Frank Ryan wrote: Nothing in terms if what Dublin guys / uk / or us guys drive to get to similar conditions.
Even Boher is very good by normal standards.
We are blessed that all we need to is drive 40 mins and we're gauranteed a dark sky, many astronomers across europe would kill for that!
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