First "Skelligs Star Party" August 22nd/23rd 2014

Hey Guys & Gals..

Check this out.. Thanks to Dave Connolly for this.

www.theweatheroutlook.com/twoforecasts/f...Ballinskelligs&day=7

Cheers Roy

#ClearSkies #LunarNut

Hi all,

Details of ISS and Iridium Flares for the weekend:

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
23 Aug -0.4 21:30:18 10° SW 21:31:02 11° SW 21:31:46 10° SSW

Time Brightness Altitude Azimuth Satellite Distance to flare centre Brightness at flare centre Sun altitude
Aug 23, 00:28:52 -4.3 24° 246° (WSW) Iridium 72 22 km (W) -7.0 -25°
Aug 23, 04:14:17 -0.7 15° 96° (E) Iridium 97 105 km (E) -6.1 -19°
Aug 23, 04:23:28 -2.9 18° 97° (E) Iridium 5 53 km (W) -6.3 -18°
Aug 24, 00:22:54 -1.9 25° 247° (WSW) Iridium 62 57 km (E) -7.1 -25°
Aug 24, 00:31:47 -0.3 21° 248° (WSW) Iridium 63 91 km (W) -6.8 -25°
Aug 24, 04:08:04 0.7 15° 98° (E) Iridium 7 164 km (E) -6.1 -20°
Aug 24, 04:17:13 -6.2 18° 100° (E) Iridium 8 5 km (E) -6.3 -19°
Aug 24, 04:26:27 0.9 21° 101° (E) Iridium 96 156 km (W) -6.5 -18°

I was speaking with Will Gater and let him know we had planed a trip to Kerry for the dark skies.
He sent me the below as a guide for things to see in the southern part of the milky way.

Enjoy !



Hi Dave

Yeah, here you go - I've labelled one of my recent Milky Way shots for you with some of my favourite objects in that region. The Lagoon from dark skies is very special (as are most of the objects I've labelled to be honest). The Pipe Nebula (a huge dark nebula) is a nice one to tick off from a dark-sky site too.

All the best,


Will

Nice1 Dave..

Think I might print it off
and laminate it as a to do
list for the weekend..

Cheers Roy

#ClearSkies #LunarNut

By the way, I saw something on TV last night that reminded me of another item worth seeing - the petrified forest uncovered by the storms earlier this year (close to / between Ballinskelligs and Waterville).

Just got the six o'clock news, the weather report for Saturday night is not promising, they are predicting heavy rain spreading across the country in the early evening. Still, weather forecasters are as accurate as economists and it will probably turn out to be clear.

Paul