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A Tale of Two Eclipses
In August there will be two eclipses, a solar
eclipse August 1st (see below) and a lunar eclipse August 16th.
Click HERE for details.
Stop Press- Report from our 5 Solar
Eclipse Watches on August 1st.
After great media attention all week the Solar
Eclipse watches went ahead on Friday morning August 1st.
Carlow: Gerry Moloney reports that it was
completely cloudy, without even a break, on Mount Leinster where
he held his watch.
Clare: Angus Sealy in Clare reported:
"I hope you got at least some clear skys ... we hit it lucky!
I was on Clare FM radio briefly, just before 10 o'clock, and a
photographer came out and took some photographs of us (my wife and
myself) watching through my home-made filter (yes, Astro Solar
filter from the AI shop - made up to fit my 56x8 binoculars but
for eclipse watching it works best on it's own)".
Photo taken shortly after maximum from
Kilmihil Credit Angus Sealy
Dublin: Hundreds of people turned up to
the Phoenix Park watch and were not disappointed. While
there were clouds most people got a great view especially earlier
on. Lots of people got to take photos of this amazing
event. The media were out in force with photographers from
all the major newspapers in attendance.
Photo taken in Phoenix Park at start of
Eclipse Credit: Ita Dardis
Also taken in Dublin at 10:11 am Credit Carl Fleming
A Full Report With Photos Of Dublin Eclipse Watch HERE
Donegal: Seamus Byron set up his eclipse
watch at the IT in Letterkenny. While there was some cloud
nevertheless most people got to view the event through frequent
breaks in the cloud
Wexford: Oliver Gargan on Rosslare Strand
reported total cloud cover for the duration of the eclipse with
the skies only clearing when the event was over.
| Location
Start Maximum
End % of Sun covered |
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Belfast 09:23am 10:12am
11:03am 31%
Cork
09:23am 10:07am
10:52am 23%
Dublin 09:24am 10:11am
11:00am 27%
Galway 09:21am 10:07am
10:57am 27%
Limerick 09:22am 10:07am
10:54am 25%
Waterford 09:24am 10:09am
10:55am 23%
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A
partial Solar Eclipse, which will be seen as a total eclipse in
parts of Russia, Mongolia and China, will occur on Friday August 1st visible from
Ireland. To see the percentages of the Sun eclipsed dowload
this file www.astronomy.ie/Eclipse_August_1st_UK_Ireland.kmz
and open it in Google Earth.
As always Astronomy Ireland will be setting up
telescopes all over Ireland to view this amazing phenomena - details
of venues and conatct details for your area below.
Special Eclipse Magazine Offer
As a special offer we are offering an extra
3 months subscription FREE
(that's 15 months for the price of 12) on memberships taken out
before midnight Monday 04
August. On filling in the online
form HERE
say 15 for 12 offer in the comments box of the form to
avail of this unbeatable offer.
Order the August edition of Astronomy &
Space magazine containing not only full details
of the August 1st Solar Eclipse
and the August 16th Lunar
Eclipse but also the best shooting star shower of the year
on August 12th. There is loads more to see this month, plus over
40 other pages of pictures and stories from space, and, it's all Irish!!!.
Only 5euro including postage
so please get your copy today and support Astronomy Ireland.
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Our Chairman David
Moore has been giving countless interviews to newspapers,
national and local radio, and TV. Click here
for some of them.
Once again we must caution
readers in the strongest terms. Looking at the Sun without PROPER
protection WILL result in SEVERE
and IRREVERSIBLE eye damage. DO not
look at the Sun with the naked eye or any optical equipment
whatsoever, unless correct solar filters are used. A&S
recommends 'AstroSolar'. This special filter material blocks all of
the Sun's harmful rays allowing you to enjoy solar events in safety.
Contact our shop for
more information and to order. Call 01-847 0777 six days a week up
to 5:30pm.
Astrosolar
Filters To protect
your eyes we recommend sheets of Astrosolar Filter. It is a
relatively inexpensive way of protecting your eyes from being
damaged by the Sun's rays. Sheets can be easily adapted to
cover your telescope or binocular lenses. Buy
HERE
NB: All events start at 9am on
Friday August 1st VENUES
AND CONTACTS (More to follow so check back.) Carlow
- Mt Leinster carpark Gerry Moloney Clare
- Kilmihil - Angus Sealy Dublin -
Phoenix Park, car park at Papal Cross
Donegal,
Letterkenny - Letterkenny IT (Front Door) - Seamus Byron Wexford,
Rosslare Strand - Oliver Gargan
Please check back to keep up to date with all the
other events we plan throughout the year or subscribe HERE to our
get a regular update by email.
You can also support the organisation and its aims
by subscribing to our "Astronomy & Space" monthly
magazine. You can also support the organisation and its aims
by subscribing to our "Astronomy & Space" monthly
magazine.
SEND US YOUR REPORT:
We want to hear from everyone in Ireland
who sees this eclipse. Tell us where you are and what your
thoughts and experiences about the eclipse were. Email observe@astronomy.ie,
after all it will be January 2011 before you see another solar
eclipse from Ireland (see the Lunar Eclipse this month here).
OTHER
EVENTS DURING AUGUST 2008:
The
President of The Royal Astronomical Society will give the
Summer Public Lecture
on August 11
Star-B-Q,
Ireland's biggest annual star party takes place on
Saturday August 30
Book HERE for the Star-B-Q
August 30th
and win a Telescope worth €1500
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