whirlpool star party 2008

Headin down myself, looking forward to it. There is some ISS and Irdium activity, details below are for Birr as location:

ISS

26 Sep -2.0 20:20:34 10 WSW 20:23:27 51 SSE 20:25:24 18 E
26 Sep 0.0 21:55:44 10 W 21:56:59 22 W 21:56:59 22 W
27 Sep -2.3 20:46:54 10 W 20:49:50 66 S 20:50:44 39 ESE
27 Sep 1.1 22:22:11 10 W 22:22:19 11 W 22:22:19 11 W

Iridium Flares

26 Sep 20:18:55 -4 62° 141° (SE ) 9.2 km (W) -8 Iridium 75
27 Sep 05:19:32 -3 49° 229° (SW ) 17.5 km (W) -8 Iridium 54
27 Sep 20:12:53 -3 60° 142° (SE ) 12.7 km (E) -8 Iridium 63
27 Sep 22:35:11 -6 10° 32° (NNE) 8.2 km (W) -6 Iridium 60
28 Sep 05:13:25 -5 49° 230° (SW ) 11.1 km (E) -8 Iridium 83

Neill

Hope this good weather streak continues for you guys, last night was fabulous. Little or no murk, a couple of meteors, bright Milky Way... and I had to work. Well, I enjoyed it for about 20 minutes at least.

Seanie.

Just booked the County Arms myself this morning,(still had some rooms available) saturaday night only, so I miss the cheese, crackers and wine. (and knowing my luck....a good nights observing: angry: . Anyway looking forward to seeing some old faces

Declan

I'm staying in Firbane but if the sky looks good on Friday night, I may drive over - what time will people be heading out tomorrow night & will you be observing in the castle grounds?

Also, does anyone know which day the IFAS committee meeting will be held?

Ta,

Bernie

nectarine wrote:

Also, does anyone know which day the IFAS committee meeting will be held?

They're going for after 4:30pm on Saturday Bernie.

Ok Well, we are nearly there!
The weather is still predicted to be good
so if it is clear we will hold an observing session in the
castle grounds tomorrow night.

Just drop into the meet n greet in the
hall after you register around 8pm.
and we can take it from there.

Lookin forward to seein ye all.
Hope ye have fun!