The Irish Times are asking us for your reports of what you saw of the eclipse this morning? It was seen from Clonmel! In Dublin we saw nothing but clouds, BUT we did notice it getting much cooler (I had to put on a coat to avoid shivering!). Around 10am it was noticeably duller, especially compared to just after 11am when the eclipse ended when it was very much brighter. Please reply to this email giving your: - name and location - did you notice it getting darker? - did you notice it getting colder? - DID YOU SEE THE ECLIPSE, EVEN FOR A MOMENT? - even if it was cloudy, please email as helps us figure out how wide an area got even a glimpse of the eclipse. TURKEY TRIP There has been a huge response to our trip to Turkey in a few months time (March 29) for the last easy-to-get-to TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE until 2017! As it says on our website, email eclipse@astronomy.ie for a brochure! Please send us your reports urgently so we can report to the media today, but if you're reading this after 'eclipse day' your reports are still valuable for the website and magazine reports we will be doing later. Can't wait for Turkey in March 2006! ( eclipse@astronomy.ie ) P.S. We were on the 1pm RTE TV News so watch for repeats on 6pm and 9pm news (And RTE 2 daytime and nighttime news too). ===== David Moore BSc FRAS, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Editor, "Astronomy & Space" magazine. ASTRONOMY SHOP: open until 5:30pm Mon.-Sat. Tel (01) 847 0777. Fax (01) 847 0771. www.astronomy.ie info@astronomy.ie