Burren Starparty observing Friday/saturday

I remember when it was getting close to Cosmos I realised that I was being way too optimistic back in January, thinking I would have Knightrider finished in time. But of course I was going to make it to Burren Starparty no problem at all. Sure its 6 months later......of course it'll be finished in time............... :blush: :blush: :huh: : blink:

I must admit however that I totally forgot about it till last week when this thread popped up again by which it was too late for me to organise time off work.

So there goes another year where I didn't make it to Starparties. Missed them all in 2008, now missed them all in 2009.

Cosmos and Burren Starparty 2010. See ya there lads ....Famous last words

Pity.
I was really looking forward to seeing the Kinightrider!

4 of us coming down from the North on Thursday, so should be around on Fri Night, hopefully its clear so to experience some proper dark skies.

ISS and Iridium Flare Events for weekend based on location of Ballyvaughan

ISS

Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
22 Sep -1.1 21:07:04 10 WSW 21:09:09 18 SSW 21:10:26 14 S
23 Sep -1.9 19:56:02 10 W 19:58:40 32 SSW 20:01:17 10 SE
24 Sep -0.9 20:20:47 10 WSW 20:22:50 18 SSW 20:24:52 10 SSE
26 Sep -0.7 19:34:26 10 WSW 19:36:27 17 SSW 19:38:27 10 SSE

Iridium Flares

Date Local
Time Intensity
( Mag) Alt. Azimuth Distance to
flare centre Intensity at
flare centre
(Mag.) Satellite
24 Sep 20:51:21 -2 61° 122° (ESE) 22.3 km (W) -8 Iridium 80
25 Sep 20:45:20 -6 60° 124° (SE ) 6.2 km (W) -8 Iridium 81
26 Sep 20:39:18 -1 58° 124° (SE ) 27.7 km (E) -8 Iridium 43

Comet Updates

On the evening of the 26th, Comet 2006 W3 Christensen passes within two degrees of NGC 6790, a tenth magnitude planetary nebula at around 22:00.

Comet 217P/2009 F3 Linear passes just to the North of M42, M43 and the numerous NGC objects in that area in the early hours of the mornings of the 26th and 27th.

Thanks for that Neill!

Calibos wrote:

So there goes another year where I didn't make it to Starparties. Missed them all in 2008, now missed them all in 2009.

Cosmos and Burren Starparty 2010. See ya there lads ....Famous last words

Aw man, you're not serious, I was really looking forward to seeing the knightrider
and yourself of course
Take a sickie, work overnight to get the scope ready, become a fanatic like the rest of us. :lol: