Going to Dunsink tonight!!

Swampy

Hi all,

Going to Dunsink Observatory tonight for one of the public evenings. However looks like it will be cloudy. Will we be able to see anything through the clouds e.g. infrared etc?

Thanks,

S.

rccaulfield

Never heard of an observatory there? Tell me more!

Swampy

This is all I know.

http://www.dias.ie/lang/en/cosmic/astro/dunsink.html

rccaulfield

Brilliant thanks!!! How did you get on?

WalterMitty

i was there. interesting night. Shame weather was crap . The guys that organise it have monthly observation evenings in dublin and wicklow .
http://www.irishastrosoc.org/wordpress/

Pat Dunne

WalterMitty wrote: »

i was there. interesting night. Shame weather was crap . The guys that organise it have monthly observation evenings in dublin and wicklow .
http://www.irishastrosoc.org/wordpress/

Always an interesting night even if the weather is bad, first went there in the 1970's, remember been amazed at Saturn and it rings.

Swampy

The clouds made it very disappointing. Not to mention the lecture on clustering, game theory and some other obscure stuff that was not really related to astronomy and went way over most peoples heads including mine.