Ronan in the club in Galway asked me to put this up, we can discuss it more in the January meeting.
The 10th Galway Astronomy Festival: "Ireland: The Final Frontier"
takes place on Saturday, 2nd February, 2013 starting at 9.45am at the
Westwood House Hotel. Tickets available at the door priced €20
The speakers include
Dr. Andy Shearer (Centre for Astronomy, NUIG): Kepler: The Search for
Habitable Planets
Terry Moseley (IAA): "Untold Stories of Sir Patrick Moore"
Dave Gradwell: “OSCAR: A unique Irish Solar Observatory”
Ronan Newman (workshop): “Celestial Light: Chasing the Elusive Irish Aurora”
John Flannery (South Dublin AS): “What makes a Great Comet?”
Prof. Tom Ray (DIAS): “Making Stars and Planets: The First Three Billion Years”
Dave Grennan: “Hunting Extra-Galactic Supernovae from Ireland”
Professor Lorraine O’Hanlon (UCD) “The GLORIA project: The Future of
virtual e-science Telescopes
Observing later that night if the weather is clear.