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Post by Conor on Oct 18, 2004 15:17:06 GMT
I was wondering if sometime in the near furture we could all get together and have a full nite of observing. Now that the nites are dark and gettin long it would be the perfect time and would very enjoyable!!!
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Oct 18, 2004 19:59:32 GMT
Hi all
This evening at 20.00 i saw what appeared to be a vivid green aurora low in the north. The sky was overcast with light clouds, i could only see Capella and a few stars in Perseus but the glow from the north was bright even through the light clouds, there are no man made lights in this region of my sky to produce this so did anyone see it from there location? as i need it confirmed.
I was clouded out for the asteroid occulation on thurs, i hope its the opposite for the lunar eclipse!
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Post by johnmc9929 on Oct 18, 2004 22:44:21 GMT
Hi Martin, the forecast was for moderate aurora at higher latitudes but that dosen't mean you didn't see any from here, aurora could very well have been visible. What altitude in degrees was it? Have you a good Northern horizon? How long did it last for? I will watch out for other reports and post here. Nothing visible here because of cloud Johnmc.
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Post by johnmc9929 on Oct 18, 2004 22:50:36 GMT
Hi Conor, what a splendid idea if we could only get rid of clouds for a few nights. In this country anything we would plan would have to be at very short notice. Maybe Markdj will come up with a long range forecast? Johnmc.
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Oct 19, 2004 9:38:03 GMT
Hi John!
My northern horizon is good and the display lasted at least 15 mins thats because thicker clouds moved in to obscure the view but i would say that it was visible for much longer than that. It was a good healthy display, between 15 and 20 degrees in height. I was talking to Conor later and he said he saw it too. Calm, cold, large slow moving light grey - north cloud formations, one small lear gap, poor trans.
Set my alarm for 04.30 this morning but i was clouded out. Might be clear tonight? For those who are interested comet C/2004 Q1 TUCKER is brighter than it should be at mag 10.5 in Pisces, that and C/2001 Q4 NEAT are the 2 brightest comets visible at the moment in Uma if anyone fancys a go at tracking them down.
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Post by stephenmcgovern on Oct 19, 2004 11:29:22 GMT
I totaly agree as the last night was brillent fun. Plus I have a whole list of people who have been begging me to take them along to the next one. I thought the Persids star party was a great chance to meet everone and have a look through some amazing scopes.
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Post by markdj on Oct 20, 2004 17:17:03 GMT
As mentioned by Conor, a night's observing would be good, though where is a good question. Conor's suggestion of an all nighter is commendable for his enthusaism - I wonder what day would suit the best? I would think Friday night through to Saturday morning would be the most feasible. This would give a chance for teaching the basics of astrophotography and maybe we could have a few short talks on practical observing, training your eye, etc. Does anyone have the grounds (hard ground, gravel but not grass) and somewhere that we could observe without disturbing neighbours and of course, a good dark site? A warm or dry barn would be good to hold a talk or just supply tea etc.
MarkDJ
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