Events 2006

2006

Please note that events, lectures etc. are subject to change throughout the year and the following is only intended as a guide.

January

9	New Year Lecture DCU
	"Challenger and Columbia" by Colm J. Cannon
10 -14	BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2006
12	"The Big Bang" by Dr. Simon Singh.
	8pm McNeill Theatre, Hamilton Building TCD.

February

8	Astronomy Evening Classes DCU
13	Public Lecture DCU
	"Newton watches Andromeda with X-ray eyes" by Dr. Ulrich Kolb, Open University, U.K.

March

13	Public Lecture DCU
	"The Hunt for Extrasolar Planets in Globular Clusters". By Dr. Ray Butler, Dept. Physics, NUI Galway
29	Total eclipse trip to Turkey. Email eclipse@astronomy.ie for brochure

April

10	Public Lecture DCU
	"Star Death: Cosmic Pollution and Cosmic Recycling" By Dr. Brian Espey, Astrophysics and Physics Course Director, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin.

May

8	Public Lecture DCU
	"Ancient Astronomical Alignments" by Paul Griffin

June

12	Public Lecture DCU
	"Adaptive Optics" By Professor Chris Dainty of NUI Galway

July

10	Public Lecture DCU
	"Imaging of Planets and Beyond" by Kevin Sweeney

August

14	Public Lecture DCU
	"Celestial Mechanics" By Patrick Browne BSc. NUI Galway

September

11	Public Lecture DCU
	"Exploring Space at ESA" By Dr. David Southwood of ESA

October

5	Astronomy Evening Classes DCU
9	Public Lecture DCU
	NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration and ESA's Aurora Program, By Kevin Nolan of the Planetary Society

November

13	Public Lecture DCU
	"Blackrock Castle Robotic Observatory" by Dr. Niall Smith of CIT
18 & 19	Astro-Expo 2006 Ireland's biggest Astronomy and Space Exhibition

December

11	Christmas Lecture DCU
	"Women in Astronomy" By Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Oxford University.