2009 has been designated International Year of Astronomy by
the United Nations
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Astronomy
Ireland tries to make all of its events a national affair as the majority
of our members live outside Dublin - something we cherish.
So all lectures in Dublin are made available on DVD for everyone in
Ireland (you can "BOOK TICKETS" or "ORDER DVD" if you
can't get to Dublin).
Similarly the 'Watches' we are famous for running are held in several
events around Ireland - if you have a telescope and want to set it up in
your area in association with one of our Watches please email sec@astronomy.ie.
Check back on this page regularly for updates.
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| January 2009 |
| Jan 8-10 |
BT Young Scientist &
Technology Exhibition |
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Venue: RDS Dublin |
| Jan 12 |
New Year Lecture |
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Title: "Touchdown
on Titan"
by Professor John Zarnecki of the Open
University.
On 14th January 2005, ESA’s
Huygens probe landed on the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest
moon. This lecture tells the story including plans for an
ambitious return. Details and
booking
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| Jan 28 |
Our ever Popular Evening Classes start
Nationwide |
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Venues: Trinity College
Dublin, Athlone IT, Cork, Letterkenny, Limerick, Tralee, Belfast
and lots more venues TBA
Starting in the above venues on Wednesday 28 January and continuing every Wednesday
for 8 weeks from 7:30 to 9:30 each night. Book early as
previous classes have been oversubscribed.
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| Jan 30 |
Public Watches
Nationwide |
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Astronomy Ireland is organising public Watches nationwide
with powerful telescopes on the occasion of the Moon passing
close to the brilliant planet Venus just as Venus is at its
very best in evening skies. All welcome.
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| February 2009 |
| Feb 09 |
Public Lecture |
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STOP PRESS: Gerry Ryan Show 2FM
will interview our speaker on the morning of his talk!
"Cosmic Casualty: Farce and Fortuity in the Exploration of
Space"
By Doug Ellison of unmannedspaceflight.com
Details and booking HERE
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| Feb 27 |
Public Watches
Nationwide |
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Astronomy Ireland is organising public Watches nationwide
with powerful telescopes on the occasion of the Moon passing
close to the brilliant planet Venus just as Venus is at its
very best in evening skies. All welcome.
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| March 2009 |
| Mar 16 |
Public Lecture |
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"European Space Science and Exploration :
where are we now?
By Professor
David Southwood, Director of ESA. HERE
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| April 2009 |
| Apr 20 |
Public Lecture |
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"From the
Moon to Matroshka" by Professor Denis O'Sullivan ,
School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute of Advanced
Studies.
Professor O'Sullivan is currently involved in
Matroshka - an experiment concerning human absorbtion of
radiation aboard the ISS HERE
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| May 2009 |
| May 11 |
Public Lecture |
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"Shamrock and Space"
by NASA Scientist Anthony Heijenga
Information and Booking HERE
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| June 2009 |
| Jun 3 |
Saturn Watches Nationwide |
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Astronomy Ireland are organising Saturn Watches
nationwide.
More information HERE
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| Jun 8 |
Public Lecture |
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"Asteroids - recent discoveries"
By David Grennan and Dave McDonald.
Information and Booking HERE
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| Jun 15 |
Public Lecture Dublin |
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"Hanny's Voorwerp"
By Hanny Van Arkel
Information and Booking of Dublin lecture HERE
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| Jun 17 |
Public Lecture Donegal |
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"Hanny's Voorwerp"
By Hanny Van Arkel
Information and Booking of Donegal lecture HERE
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| July 2009 |
| Jul 13 |
Public Lecture |
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"Dark matter and the smallest
galaxies, elementary particle physics to the Universe"
By Professor Gerry Gilmore of Institute of
Astronomy, Cambridge University, UK.
Information and Booking HERE
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| Jul 13-17 |
Dublin Lyric Players |
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"The Life of Galileo"
Dublin Lyric Players in association with Astronomy Ireland
Information and Booking HERE
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| Jul 23 |
Public Lecture |
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"'Moonshot' Public Lecture and Book Signing"
To commemorate the 40th lunar landing anniversary, former BBC journalist Dan Parry will come to Dublin to speak about this compelling story which is one of the defining moments in human history and launch his new book 'Moonshot'.
Information and Booking HERE
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| August 2009 |
| Aug 10 |
Public Lecture |
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"Mad
about Meteorites"
By Matthew Parkes, of the National Museum of
Ireland.
Information and booking HERE
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| 22 Aug |
Star-B-Q |
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Star-B-Q - Ireland's biggest annual star party - an event not to be missed
- fun food and astronomy. Details and Booking HERE
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| September
2009 |
| Sept 14 |
Public Lecture |
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"Searching
for exoplanets: modern methods and future prospects"
By Dr. Chris Watson, Astrophysics Research Centre, Queen's
University Belfast. HERE
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| Sept 17- 19 |
9th Europeann Syposium for the
protection of the Night Skies |
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This event takes
place in Armagh. The Symposium will deal with the issue of light
pollution, its effects on the environment, health, and astronomy
and examine how bad lighting is contributing to global climate
change. www.LightPollution2009.eu
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| Sept 25 |
Nationwide Jupiter Watch |
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Jupiter Watches will take place all over the country from 9pm. More information HERE.
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| October 2009 |
| Oct 8 |
Public Lecture Dundalk |
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"The View From Saturn: Images From The
Cassini
Spacecraft"
By Professor Carl Murray of Queen Mary
University of London.
Information and booking HERE
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| Oct 8 |
Popular Evening Classes |
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Venues: Athlone,
Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Dundalk, Galway, Letterkenny, Limerick,
Sligo, Tralee, Waterford and lots more venues TBA
Starting on Thursday Oct 8th and continuing every Thursday for 8 weeks from 7:30 to 9:30 each night. The
classes go from strength to strength.
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| Oct 9 |
Public Lecture Trinity
College Dublin |
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"The View From Saturn: Images From The
Cassini
Spacecraft"
By Professor Carl Murray of Queen Mary
University of London.
Information and booking HERE
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| November 2009 |
| Nov 7 |
Trip to see Armagh
Planetarium and Obsrvatory |
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Armagh Planetarium and Observatory
Information and booking HERE
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| Nov 9 |
Public Lecture
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"The Big Bang"
By Dr. Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Physics
Department, Waterford Institute of Technology.
Information and booking HERE
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| Nov 14 - 15 |
Astro-Expo 2009 |
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The biggest Astronomy and Space
exhibition on this island. Definitely not to
be missed!!!!! HERE |
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| December 2009 |
| Dec 14 |
Christmas Lecture |
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"The
European Southern Observatory"
by Professor Tim
de Zeeuw, Director General of the European Southern Observatory,
Garching, Germany.
Information and booking HERE
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