URANUS  &  MOON  TELESCOPE  SHOWS

        

Astronomy Ireland held Uranus-Moon Watches in Locations all around the country on November 28.  The evening turned out to be be dry and cold for the most part after a very showery day.  It was a clear night in many parts.  The Phoenix Park held the largest watch where several hundred people showed up and were treated to superb views of the Moon and Uranus.

Listed below the local co-ordinators who ran similar events countrywide:

Dublin - Phoenix Park, car park at Papal Cross - Tom Finnegan 

David Moore searches for Uranus
Crowd with Moon in the background	Some of the queue for the telescopes

 

Co.Carlow - IT College Carlow - Gerry Moloney (087) 9184000 
Gerry held his watch in the IT College in Carlow.

Co. Clare - Kilmihil - Angus Sealy (087) 2308428
Just for a change, and despite the 9mm rain recorded throughout the day, we had few clouds in Clare last night (Tuesday 28 November), and although haze was a bit of a problem, Uranus proved easy to locate thanks to the Moon and Lambda-Aquarii and showed up as a clear, distinctly blue disk in my 8.75" DTG reflector using a 12mm eyepiece. There were not many people at this quite isolated location, but I did have a couple of visitors who had never looked through a telescope
before. They were astounded by the view of the lunar surface, and look forward to coming back to view Saturn.

Co. Cork, Ballyphehane Community Centre - Martin Lynch (087) 2404104
Martin ran his watch in Ballyphehane Community Centre.  It was a cold night but the skies were clear and everyone got a view of the moon and Uranus.

Co. Louth Dundalk -Derek Watters (086) 0806908

Co. Tipperarary, Clonmel, Dunnes Stores Car-Park, NB:Davis Road (Waterford Road) branch, 
Ray Parle (051) 842957 or 052-21892

Co. Wexford,  - Oliver Gargan (086)3592956  
Oliver set up his telescope by the swimming pool in Ferrybank.  It was clear and cold.