facing into a good weekend, what do people want to do

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:20 pm

W're just after gettin d wee fella off to sleep,
he's a bad cold & v unsettled..
facing into a nite of mindin him..
Im wrecked..
had a long day at work and another tomorrow
so im out...
looks cloudy here though!?

John O'Mahony · Post by **John O'Mahony** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:22 pm

Lucky sods! I haven't been out on a weekend observing locally for months now. Most weekends overcast. The only thing I am getting to use occasionally is the new solar filter for the 8".

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:26 am

How did ye get on last nite lads!?
put down a rough one myself
but i saw only clouds the odd time i looked out.
Anyone up for it tonight?
its supposed to stay clear again
lookin at the satalite images.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:27 am

well, what can you say, life is always full of surprises.
Satellite images were looking good, We went up to the Burren site, clear but very gusty, no way was I staying up there.
so we decided to go the the lake by Corrofin, man what a good decision that turned out to be, zero wind!
4 showed up, me, Roy, Daz and Gordon. It was a good night we finished up a 1am when light cloud came in.
We got in the usual suspects.
m13, 3, 92, 42,48,35,36,37,38,104,51,52,108,109,97,66,65, castseye nebula. ring nebula, blinking planetary, e.t. cluster, and saturn was super aswell. the seeing is quite good.
The sky was bright with mild high altitude haze, always a problem with a prolonged spell of high pressure so the dso's were not eyepopping.

sorry to hear about that John, I would have expected you to have alot of clear skies.
dont know about tonight ?!?

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:15 pm

so the streetlihlghts to the south didnt
effect ye too much so.
i gotta say, its a grand spot.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:53 pm

not really as the sky was brightish anyway from the slight haze.
If we had a jet black sky, then it would have been a problem, we need to find more sites in the burren area.

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:50 pm

if we could find a spot nearer to us,
even Kilfanora is better as its not as long a drive.
ive a few places bookmarked on google earth
that may potentially be runners.
just need to go lookin.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:49 am

well, im off this Friday if you want to do a recon, we need a more sheltered location, the lake is ok but the south has the town lights, minor as they are, the area has so much more to offer.