Skelligs Star Party 2015, August 14th to 16th Ballinskelligs

We at the Skellig Star Party would like to say a big Thank You to Frida(Manager of Skellig lodge)for their generous prize of not 1 but 2 free weekend breaks for the 2016 Skellig Star Party.. So for 2 lucky people who get their raffle tickets will have their board sorted... LUCKY.

www.skelliglodge.com

Very generous of Frida, she's a great person to deal with, originally I had planned to go down on the Friday, had my room booked, decided to add the Thursday and there was no problem with the addition.

She even forgave me for breaking the shelf in the fridge last year. :blush:

Paul

Less than 4 week to go and starting to
get excited.. We have our SSP merchandise
back from LTembroidery and we will have them
for all who want them at this years SSP.

Cheers Roy

Hi,

For those who missed it last night, a new programme started on RTE1 - The Wild Atlantic Way. It was a good watch - part of it involved a piece in Ballinskelligs with Julie Ormonde about the Dark Sky Reserve.

Will probably be available on RTE Player.

Hey all,

Thanks Neill, I'll keep an eye on the rte player for that.

Regarding getting to Kerry- I'll be heading down on the morning of the 14th. I'm coming from Lucan. So if anyone wants a lift, just give me a shout and we can arrange to meet up that morning. I'm bringing a dob down that i'm hoping will fit in the boot (I'll have to check that because i've never used this car for astro-journeying before) so the back seat is open for any equipment/bags you may want to bring. Just thought i'd throw that out there in case I can make someones life a little easier

Looking forward to seeing all you down there

Sean

ISS and Iridium Details for the Star Party are below. Plenty to see . The free tickets for the talks on the Saturday are sold out.

ISS

12 Aug -3.1 22:28:22 10° W 22:31:36 57° SSW 22:33:44 19° SE
13 Aug -0.9 00:05:21 10° W 00:06:19 14° WSW 00:06:19 14° WSW

13 Aug -2.0 23:12:03 10° W 23:14:49 25° SSW 23:15:12 25° SSW

14 Aug -2.5 22:18:57 10° W 22:22:00 37° SSW 22:24:07 17° SE

15 Aug -1.2 23:03:06 10° WSW 23:05:05 15° SW 23:05:40 14° SSW

Iridiums

Aug 12, 23:56:27 -0.4 23° 265° (W) 94 km (E) -6.7
Aug 13, 00:05:30 -1.7 19° 267° (W) 61 km (W) -6.5
Aug 13, 02:58:30 -0.1 15° 319° (NW) 77 km (E) -6.2
Aug 13, 03:07:12 0.1 12° 322° (NW) 78 km (W) -5.9
Aug 13, 04:19:15 -1.7 50° 281° (W) 29 km (E) -8.2

Aug 13, 23:59:37 -4.0 19° 269° (W) 37 km (E) -6.5
Aug 14, 00:08:42 -0.1 16° 270° (W) 119 km (W) -6.3
Aug 14, 03:01:05 -5.8 12° 323° (NW) 13 km (E) -5.9
Aug 14, 05:59:12 -4.2 70° 223° (SW) 9 km (W) -8.5

Aug 14, 23:53:37 0.7 20° 270° (W) 158 km (E) -6.5
Aug 14, 23:55:00 -3.7 18° 270° (W) 43 km (E) -6.5
Aug 15, 00:02:45 -6.3 17° 271° (W) 2 km (E) -6.3
Aug 15, 00:11:54 0.4 14° 273° (W) 156 km (W) -6.1
Aug 15, 03:03:33 0.2 9° 326° (NNW) 46 km (W) -5.7
Aug 15, 04:16:12 -2.6 45° 282° (WNW) 22 km (W) -8.0
Aug 15, 05:53:10 -4.7 69° 228° (SW) 7 km (W) -8.5

Aug 15, 23:56:44 -0.2 17° 272° (W) 137 km (E) -6.3
Aug 16, 00:05:49 -6.0 15° 274° (W) 20 km (W) -6.2
Aug 16, 00:15:02 0.4 12° 276° (W) 176 km (W) -6.0
Aug 16, 04:10:02 -4.4 43° 284° (WNW) 12 km (W) -8.0
Aug 16, 05:47:07 -0.5 71° 226° (SW) 30 km (E) -8.5