Observing Report - Cloon Wood - 3rd/4th March 2006

Great report Gordon . . . really enjoyed the night's observing. Many thanks for showing us 3C 273 too which was a real thrill. A night that journeyed from Earthshine on the Moon, past the giant planets towards the stars, then into the realm of the galactic halo before leaping into the galaxies of Spring to finally end our journey in the far reaches of the Universe.

btw, based on what one of the guys in EAAS noticed the same night, it's possible that "beam" I saw earlier in the night could have been from a quiescent aurora display . . . maybe???

talk soon,

John

Yea John kevin Black reported an aurora on that same evening from 19.00 - 19.45 and described it as beautiful!

We missed it from our Messier marathon location beccuse of pine trees near the horizon. The aurora charts were dead at the time but it just goes to show that they most certainly cannot be relied on!

Yea John kevin Black reported an aurora on that same evening from 19.00 - 19.45 and described it as beautiful!
We missed it from our Messier marathon location beccuse of pine trees near the horizon. The aurora charts were dead at the time but it just goes to show that they most certainly cannot be relied on!

That's interesting Martin because as John says, we saw a green beam to the NE but at a later time. Not sure if this has anything to do with it (could be just light pollution as Dublin is in that direction) but M3 in CVn was bathed in green light both through John's binoculars and my telescope.