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CLUB OBSERVING SESSIONS & EQUIPMENT

Weather Permitting, we run scheduled group club observing sessions
generally on Friday or Saturday nights.
We inform our members of upcoming observing sessions by a webtext service.

These sessions are held at either of  the clubs secure dark sky observing sites
in Boher, Co. Limerick or the best site, By the Dolmen in the Burren, Co. Clare
(see pics below)

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Currently we have a fine selection of equipment for members
to avail of during these sessions.

  Poulnabrone Dolmen Car Park 
 (click icon to view location in Google Earth)

In the late 1980's, SAC designed and built a 12" Newtonian Scope.
(pictured here with Dr. Chris Lintott co-presenter of 'The Sky at Night' )
The scope was left fall into disrepair for a few years but we are glad to say after
undergoing some crucial refurbishments it is now fully working
again and now offers some magnificent deep sky views.

          

We recently acquired a few new items:

A 10" Meade LX3 F10 SCT

Pair of 25 X 100 Celestron Binoculars

and a celestron skyscout

To see reports on some recent sessions check out the
Observing Sessions thread on the Message Board.

Print out an observing log form in PDF format

  SAC Observing Log