Yes, it was very much worth my while coming down -even though I did arrive late -not until 9 pm. However, it was great meeting up with Martin, Paul Walsh, Paul Byrne, Liam Smyth, Michael Murphy, John Flannery and Val.
First up for the scope was the 11-day old Moon, with Aristarchus very close to the terminator. Just 2 degrees west of the Moon was (probably the brightest carbon star in the sky) TX Piscium. And finally, I successfully star-hopped to the planet Uranus, which in turn was close to a red variable star BV Piscium.
So for me, yet another historic night with the Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers. I would like to thank Michael for organizing the whole event and helping to load up the scope at the end of the night. Rain and hail came down at 10.45. And also I would like to thank Paul Walsh for his very kind comments to me personally.
I find it hard to believe that for the 1st time in my life, I have had 41 observing sessions in 1 year, and it is still not November!
Aubrey.
  