Lecture Webcasts
Lectures, suitable for members, beginners and the general public, are held on the second Monday of every month in Dublin City University. Of course, it is not always possible for people to travel to the lectures and attend them in person. We are pleased to be able to offer this lecture webcast service to our valued members and everyone who shares our interest in astronomy and space.

Higher quality versions of the lectures listed below are available on DVD for 10 euro which plays on PC and on DVD home player.  

Please send 5 euros for the DVD + 5 euros to include postage anywhere in Ireland or U.K. (add 5euro more for rest of world i.e. 15euro in total) to Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5 or call (01) 847 0777 with your credit card details. 

 

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.

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March 13 Public Lecture DCU

    "The search for Extrasolar Planets"

By Dr. Ray Butler, Physics Dept. NUI Galway.

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February 27 Public Lecture DCU

       "Solar Eclipses - past, present and future""

           By David Grennan.

Powerpoint presentation used during this talk.

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February 13 Public Lecture DCU

       "Newton looks at Andromeda through X-ray Eyes"

           By Dr Ulrich Kolb, Open University, UK.

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January 12 Public Lecture Trinity College Dublin

                   "The Big Bang"

                  Dr. Simon Singh

N. B. Not recorded due to copyright considerations.

January 9 Public Lecture DCU

                "Challenger and Columbia"

                     By Colm J. Cannon

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December 12 Public Lecture DCU

                    "Cosmology from beginning to end"

               By Chris Lintott of the BBC's "Sky at Night"

**Unfortunately this lecture was not recorded due to technical difficulties.

 

November 14 Public Lecture in DCU

                "The Chinese Space Programme"

                 By Brian Harvey, Space Author.

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October 10 Public Lecture in DCU

           "Meteorites and the Origin of the Solar System"

               By Dr. Ian Sanders, Astro Geologist TCD.

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September 12 Lecture in DCU

                  "Historic Telescopes of Armagh Observatory"

                    By Dr. John Butler of Armagh Observatory

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August 8 Lecture in DCU

                                 "Our Enigmatic Sun"
                           By Dr. Peter Gallagher of NASA

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July 11 Lecture in DCU

                                  "Time Travel Illustrated"

                              By Brian Coleman of BC Systems 

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A higher quality version of these lectures is available on DVD for 10 euro which plays on PC and on DVD home player.  

Please send 5 euros for the DVD + 5 euros to include postage anywhere in Ireland or U.K. (add 5euro more for rest of world i.e. 15euro in total) to Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5 or call (01) 847 0777 with your credit card details. 

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