Transit of Venus June 5/6th
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Transit of Venus June 5/6th
Sunrise on the 6th for us.
Will the club be planning anything for it?
Will the club be planning anything for it?
- Dave Lillis
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yip, we discussed this in the meeting during the week.
one of 3 things is gong to happen.
1, it'll be blanket cloud over the entire country and we'll miss it
2, it'll be clear here in Limerick and we'll decide to stay here and go to a local mountain to see it
3, if its clear up north, we'll head up there the evening before.
a club text will be sent on the Tuesday saying what we're doing, afer discussing on the boards and after seeing weather prospects.
So there you have it, basically we'll decide on Tuesday what to do.
one of 3 things is gong to happen.
1, it'll be blanket cloud over the entire country and we'll miss it
2, it'll be clear here in Limerick and we'll decide to stay here and go to a local mountain to see it
3, if its clear up north, we'll head up there the evening before.
a club text will be sent on the Tuesday saying what we're doing, afer discussing on the boards and after seeing weather prospects.
So there you have it, basically we'll decide on Tuesday what to do.
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Yay!
I've the time booked off work for it.
Been checking out some of the timings.
Xavier fellamelad wot does the eclipse animations has a page up;
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/Ve ... lator.html
Local mountain.
Any ideas?
Must take a gander at Google Earth...
Why the North in particular?
Just coz of the weather?
I've the time booked off work for it.
Been checking out some of the timings.
Xavier fellamelad wot does the eclipse animations has a page up;
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/Ve ... lator.html
Local mountain.
Any ideas?
Must take a gander at Google Earth...
Why the North in particular?
Just coz of the weather?
- Dave Lillis
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if we stay local, then Im thinking Tountinna mountain near ballina/killaloe, Simon, you are probabily familar with this site as it has some big masts up on it.
It can be windy up there, but the buildings do give some wind shade.
Anyway, its altitude is 450 meters, the sun clears the horizon at 5.17 in Limerick, the mountain height gives us an extra minute.
I ran a simulation in starrynight for Derry and the sun rises a full 19 minutes earlier there then it does here.
If the weather is looking good up there, then it's worth travelling for it.
my 2 cents.
It can be windy up there, but the buildings do give some wind shade.
Anyway, its altitude is 450 meters, the sun clears the horizon at 5.17 in Limerick, the mountain height gives us an extra minute.
I ran a simulation in starrynight for Derry and the sun rises a full 19 minutes earlier there then it does here.
If the weather is looking good up there, then it's worth travelling for it.
my 2 cents.
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or on top of keeper hill, we get an extra 2 minutes more than Limerick, or is that a crazy idea, anyone got any local knowledge of the place ??
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Yeah, it would be a good place if we have to stay local, with shelter offered by the buildings and enough parking space. After Ballina the route is to Tountinna is not very obvious, so an idea would be to meet at the school in Ballina and then travel in convoy. It's about 20 miles (32 kms) from Limerick City.Dave Lillis wrote:if we stay local, then Im thinking Tountinna mountain near ballina/killaloe, Simon, you are probabily familar with this site as it has some big masts up on it.
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