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Report
on Nationwide Venus Moon Watches 30 January
Castlebar Branch Report
Paul Gannon organised the Castlebar
Watch. He said although the
weather was poor 120 people turned out for the Venus Watch at
Turlough House at The National Museum of Country Life.
Although the sky remained cloudy everybody had
a good time and the kids especially enjoyed using Paul's 11
inch Celestron CPC 1100 GPS
telescope to look at a sign in the distance.
Around 100 people went to the meteorite
exhibition from the Venus Watch and they really enjoyed it.
The staff at the museum were extremely kind in
helping out Paul and his son and ensuring the event ran
smoothly.
Dublin Branch Report
Cloudy, then rained. No glimpse
Including all of our volunteers there were about 20
people at the Dublin Venus-Moon Watch in the Phoenix Park. It
started out just cloudy at 6:30pm but rain came later on and
after the obligatory 1 hour we ended the event at 7:30pm.
Of the people who did come along. Many were already
members but every one of the rest bought a copy of the magazine to
support the society. We had a good chat about Venus, the Moon,
what you can see with the telescopes and gave lots of advice and
leaflets away. A good astronomy chat, but no viewing this time
unfortunately.
David Moore had done an
interview with Matt Cooper on Today FM's top-rating national radio
show "The Last Word" which you can hear here.
Everyone expressed great interest in coming along
to the next Venus-Moon
Watch on February 27th, which will be the last occasion the
Moon will be near Venus in the evening sky for 3 years.
No photos were taken at the event.
Carlow Branch
Gerry Moloney organised a watch in Carlow.
He reported that there was continous rain.
Clare Branch Angus Sealy of the
Clare Branch reported: "Total cloud - and rain - here too. I
am planning for the rerun in late February, though - and hope to
have a new location."
Limerick
Branch
James
O'Sullivan of the Limerick Branch reported: "The Venus watch
was a washout I’m afraid. With persistent heavy rain and overcast
conditions all day. There was no sign of the Moon or Venus, indeed
there was no sunset, just a progressive darkening. In the 24 hours
prior to the watch-time I received 2 texts and a phone call from
people who intended to attend, weather permitting. In the end it was
obvious that no sighting would be possible and while I when to the
appointed venue, nobody else came. One person (Phil Ryan) expressed
an interest in attending the Astronomy classes in March."
Louth
Branch
From Derek Watters: Louth event cancelled due to
cloud and rain. Only 2 turned up.
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