10th Galway Astronomy Festival, 2nd February, 2013
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:24 am
Hi all,
Ronan in the club in Galway asked me to put this up, we can discuss it more in the January meeting.
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.
