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Whirlpool 2007: Kindly sponsored by

 

           

The 2007 Whirlpool Starparty took place from Friday the 5th to Sunday the 7th October and was one of the best 'Whirlpools' yet!

The 2007 Speakers & Lecture topics 


Dr. John Mason

'Galactic Supernovae and their remnants.'

 

 
 


Dr. Chris Lintott

Bang ! - Cosmological knowns and unknowns.

 
 

 

Sue French 

'Rosse's Nebulae.'

 

Dr. Caitriona Jackman

Unveiling the mysteries of the outer planets.


 


Dr David Asher

'Meteors and the interplanetary  
environment'


 




Dr. Peter Gallagher

'Living with a star.'


 





Kevin Nolan

Mars, a cosmic stepping stone.'

 

 


Dave McDonald

'Science in amateur astronomy.'

 


Exhibits:      Dr Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory: 'Living with a star: surviving  
                    near our explosive Sun' (special IHY exhibit)