A night out in the old ruins of mellifont Abbey Co Louth

Last night Sunday 4th of May Dave Grennan, Declan McCormack AKA Dogstar from the boards and myself headed out to the old ruins of mellifont Abbey in the ancient Boyne valley Co Louth. With 1 cannon 350D, Declan's 400D Dave's 16" mini obsessionatorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ForwardSlash Dob . When we got set up the sky was jet black, the seeing was excellent looking up at the sky with the old ruins in the foreground was just amazing. I'm really looking forward to seeing the star trail shots that Declan took with the 400D. As for looking through to DOB the views where just WOW first M13 then M51 was spectacular the amount of detail in the spiral arms was awesome. Then M81,82,92 and so on I could type in numbers all day.

All and all I had a great night out with great friends under very dark skies plus a lot of great crack

Hey Carl i'm just seeing this post now,I take it you like
the observing site,and what about them skies :shock:
My sides are still sore from the laughter :lol:I'm Just
looking at the data now i got some awesome images
i'll show you on wed.Any word from Dave ,probably
still in bed :lol: .Dave when you see this post don't forget
to rig us up one of those usb shutter release cables
for the images plus camera control software,thanks
in advance.Anyway i had a great night, the view through
16" DOB was amazing can't wait for the next session i
can see that site getting popular maybe next time we do it
we can post directions for any body intrested in comeing
along.Oh before i forget Dave thanks for the tea and buns
next time the milkyways are on me

Please post some more pics, the star trail pic was savage!

Please post some more pics, the star trail pic was savage!

Hi Ro_c,

the lads are coming over to my house to night so should have the images processed tonight.