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Glencullen Friday 16th

3 months 1 week ago - 3 months 1 week ago #109547 by lunartic
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Hi all

Possibility of some clear skies, if anyone wants to journey out.  Say, 8.00?
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3 months 1 week ago - 3 months 1 week ago #109548 by Until_then-Goodnight!
Replied by Until_then-Goodnight! on topic Glencullen Friday 16th
Hi Paul,

I'd be up for it alright.

I thought tonight was looking good. I had my scope (an f/5 250mm Newtonian Reflector on a Dobsonian base) set up from 7pm, The sky was nice at that point, but by 7:30pm it was clouded over. In saying that, I did manage a 30min session.

Jupiter and Saturn looked very nice at 139X. Both Equatorial Belts were observed, as were four of Jupiter's Moons. Ganymede, Io, and Europa were on Jupiter's Eastern side, while Callisto was quite a distance out to the West. I then managed a quick look at Saturn. Titan was observed, and I noticed how the rings were casting a shadow on the Planet. It was very nice indeed. I had planned to try and sketch NGC129 - thanks for the suggestion Aubrey - but I can give that a go on Friday night, hopefully.

Clear skies,

Darren. 
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3 months 1 week ago #109549 by michael_murphy
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Count me in Paul,

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3 months 1 week ago #109550 by scfahy
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Hi Where exactly in Glencullen do you meetup.  I'm living North City so not familiar with the area
Thanks
Stephen
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3 months 1 week ago #109551 by michael_murphy
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Hi Stephen,

Click on the 'Observing Sites' link on the left hand side of the screen.
Type Glencullen in the search box and the location will appear on the map.

If you are driving from Kilternan, take the right turn just after St Patrick's church.
The entrance is marked church car park. If you have a look at Google street view, there is a Polling Station sign on the entrance.

Michael.
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3 months 1 week ago #109552 by flt158
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That's great we are having someone new joining us, Paul, Michael and Darren.

Stephen, you are most welcome to come along!
The more the merrier.

I will be in Glencullen also.

Clear skies all being well,

Aubrey.
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3 months 1 week ago #109553 by scfahy
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I hope to attend in the future,  but wont make this one.  Hope you have  a clear night,
regards
Stephen
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3 months 1 week ago #109554 by RandomPillars
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Hey all,

I'll try to make it up tonight. Wont know until closer to the time. If i do,maybe one of you could tell me which moons of Jupiter im looking at...

Sean
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3 months 1 week ago #109555 by lunartic
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The weather is not looking promising,  could be 70% cloud cover by 9.00.  I am going to back out for tonight.  Hopefully some clear weather will be here soon.
Paul 
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3 months 1 week ago #109556 by RandomPillars
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Ok, agreed. It doesn't look too great. I'll give it a miss too. Hopefully we can get out soon.

Sean
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3 months 1 week ago #109557 by michael_murphy
Replied by michael_murphy on topic Glencullen Friday 16th
I'm happy to go up anyway - even if it's only for a chat.

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3 months 1 week ago #109558 by RandomPillars
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Ok, I'll check back in in a while and see what yous are doing.

Sean
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3 months 1 week ago #109559 by scfahy
Replied by scfahy on topic Glencullen Friday 16th
We would be better taking up  Radio Astronomy In Ireland with the Weather, or use Binoculars as ive started doing when you get a short break in the  Clouds 
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3 months 1 week ago #109560 by Until_then-Goodnight!
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Hi all, 

Based on the weather reports I'll give observing a miss for tonight, but happy to shoot the breeze for a bit instead. 

Cheers, 

Darren. 
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3 months 1 week ago #109561 by Until_then-Goodnight!
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Just clarifying whether we're heading up for 8pm?

Thanks!

Darren. 
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3 months 1 week ago #109562 by michael_murphy
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I'm heading up.

Michael.
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3 months 1 week ago #109563 by RandomPillars
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Ok, I'll be up for a bit around 8.20. Im going to bring my son up if that's ok with everyone? We'll be keeping our social distance. I cant remember when he's ever seen the night sky outside of Dublins glare.

Sean
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3 months 1 week ago #109564 by Fermidox
Replied by Fermidox on topic Glencullen Friday 16th
Should come down to Limerick lads, not a cloud in the sky ;) ... sorry

Finbarr :)
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3 months 1 week ago #109565 by michael_murphy
Replied by michael_murphy on topic Glencullen Friday 16th

Fermidox wrote: Should come down to Limerick lads, not a cloud in the sky ;) ... sorry

Finbarr :)


We ended up having a five star evening :-)
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3 months 1 week ago #109566 by RandomPillars
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Yeah,  great to catch up. Hopefully when i see you all next, it'll be under clear skies. We live in hope.

Sean
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3 months 1 week ago #109567 by flt158
Replied by flt158 on topic Glencullen Friday 16th
It was great meeting up with the rest of you, Darren, Michael and Sean on Friday night even if was only for an hour long with a nice chat.
I'm sorry Paul wasn't with us.
He is always welcome to join us because of his many pearls of wisdom.
Sean was very welcome along with his extremely well behaved son Luke.

By the way, I reckon the reason we are having so many cloudy nights right now is because last Monday I purchased a very small but necessary part for the controlling arm on my William Optics refractor. I bought 4 push-in fasteners from J G Engineering who are in Inchicore.

So sorry about that, folks. Even if we buy something infinitely small as a push-in fastener, we are guaranteed a load of overcast skies one after another. Lol!!

Best regards from Aubrey.
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3 months 1 week ago #109568 by lunartic
Replied by lunartic on topic Glencullen Friday 16th
You swine, sir.
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3 months 1 week ago #109569 by flt158
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Oink! Oink! Ha Ha!
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3 months 1 week ago - 3 months 1 week ago #109570 by Until_then-Goodnight!
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Our weekly non-observing sessions are beginning to turn into weekly TV and film reviews. Last week, it was the turn of Plan 9 from Outer Space, and this week was the turn of Millennium! I've never spent as much time chatting about and watching sci-fi! 

I wonder what show will be the topic of conversation next Friday, because by the sounds of it we will have another few weeks of cloudy skies - thanks Aubrey :) 

But seriously, it is good to meet-up even if the scopes stay in the car, and it was great to see Sean again, and meet his nice son Luke.

Until next Friday, clear skies to all..even you Finbarr ;) 

Darren. 
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3 months 1 week ago #109571 by flt158
Replied by flt158 on topic Glencullen Friday 16th
Maybe we could talk about more astronomical issues next Friday - although we did deal with some issues last Friday.

Michael chatted about his spectacular Tulip Nebula image. Every time I hear about his image I think about the 5 points of Calvinism. You can ask me about them some time (if you dare!) - even though they have nothing to do with the nebula in Cygnus. Michael's shot will be in the next issue of Orbit for sure.

We do keep bringing up the upcoming planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. It's great that Michael has full confidence we will be able to observe the event in December from our new observing site in Glencullen.

By the way, there is the possibility we might have clear skies on Wednesday night coming!!

And on that note, I wish you clear skies,

Aubrey.
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