J09 - New Irish Observatory

Excellent news, delighted for you.

Deirdre Kelleghan
Outreach Coordinator IFAS
www.deirdrekelleghan.com

Hi all,

Sorry for the late reply I was at my mothers house helping her with the back garden today. But I'm absolutely delighted with the news. I sent off my observations about 4 weeks ago and nearly gave up on them getting back to me. The reason I went for the code was to broaden my scope of practice. Going outside and officially looking for NEO's is just another exciting part of what I love doing.

I would like to give a big thank you to David Grennan for answering any questions I put to him. And the guy from Sky & Telescope with the Liverpool FORWARD SLASH American accent who rang me to do an Interview. AKA Dave McDonald who is in Galway now slashing car tyres. He told me it was a Liverpool thing.:laugh: :laugh:

Carl.

FOR SALE: 4 Alloy wheels rims; 4 Pirelli low profile tyres; Sony in-car stereo, including speakers; Garmin SatNav; iPhone, including car kit and charger. Sold as seen. Gloves required as all items are red hot. Please contact my intermediary, Dave McDonald, who has absolutely nothing to do with these items.

In all fairness now, Carl would've had the code ages ago but I know Dave Grennan tormented him so much to teach him one end of the scope from the other that it wasn't possible until now. Of course J41
*would* extol the virtues of Carl's wide-field setup - of course it shouldn't be forgotten that J09 will be a long focal-length light bucket *when* the 14 incher comes back home

Well done Carl - it'd be great if you could bag a fresh asteroid next...

Dave "fingers" McDonald

Well done Carl. Wonder what the no. of codes per head of population is for Ireland compared to other countries?

PS 4 weeks waitng is nothing mate. I'd to wait nearly 2 months.

Well done Carl, another feather in the cap for Irish Astronomy!

Seanie.

Any pics of these Irish observatories floating around anywhere please?