CELEBRATING ASTRONOMY
IN IRELANDS
MIDWEST SINCE 1986
Talk Astronomy
on
our Forum
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Previous Meetings:
2017 Meetings
| 2017
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
12th |
Venus-Neptune-Mars watch
|
Observing session from Mary I |
| FEBRUARY
2nd |
Venus-Mars watch and "Constellations" talk |
Tony O'Hanlon (SAC) |
| MARCH
2nd |
Astronomical sketching the Sun, Moon, Stars and other stories |
Deirdre Kelleghan (IAS) |
| APRIL
6th |
Uranography - Pen and ink to computer graphics - A personal Journey |
Mike Swan |
| MAY
4th |
Amateur astronomers conducting real science |
Dave Grennan |
| JUNE
1st |
Astrophotography / Imaging and processing |
TBD |
| JULY
6th |
Open Night |
| AUGUST
3rd |
Solar Eclipse Chasing in the US |
Dave Lillis (SAC) |
| SEPTEMBER
7th |
AGM
+ general meeting |
| OCTOBER
5th |
Einstein made (Relatively) simple |
Brian MacGabhann (GAC) |
| NOVEMBER
2nd |
The Earth in Space |
Dr Angela Cloke-Hayes (MIC-SAC) |
| DECEMBER
7th |
Dawn mission to Ceres and Vesta |
Paddy Stack (KAS) |
|
2016 Meetings
| 2016
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
14th |
A Serious Talk on Space Cartoons
|
Shea Morrissey (SAC) |
| FEBRUARY
4th |
AGM
+ general meeting |
| MARCH
3rd |
Space Tourism |
Gordon Lalor (SAC) |
| APRIL
7th |
An Introduction to Astrophotography |
Dave Lillis (SAC) |
| MAY
5th |
Discovering Exoplanets |
Tony O'Hanlon (SAC) |
| JUNE
2nd |
Noctilucent Clouds |
Gordon Lalor (SAC) |
| JULY
7th |
Exoplanets and the potential of life |
Tony O'Hanlon (SAC) |
| AUGUST
|
No Meeting |
| SEPTEMBER
1st |
AGM
+ general meeting |
| OCTOBER
6th |
Open
telescope equipment night |
| NOVEMBER
3rd |
Projects
Mercury and Gemini |
David
Lillis (SAC) |
| DECEMBER
1st |
TBD |
Donal
O'Sullivan (SAC) |
2015 Meetings
| 2015
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
8th |
A
Beginners Guide to the Planets |
Gordon
Lalor (SAC) |
| FEBRUARY
5th |
AGM
+ general meeting |
| MARCH
7th |
The
March 26th 2006 IFAS Solar Eclipse Trip to Turkey |
Dave
Lillis (SAC) |
| APRIL
2nd |
Antikythea
Mechanism |
Michael
O'Connell (MAC) |
| MAY
7th |
What
Happened with Galileo |
Shea
Morrissey (SAC) |
| JUNE
4th |
An
Introduction to Astro-Imaging |
Dave
Lilis (SAC) |
| JULY
2nd |
Open
Night |
| AUGUST
9th (Sunday) |
Club
Meeting will be held in the Lough Gur Heritage Centre where Tony
O'Hanlon (SAC) will be talking about "Starlight - Secrets of our
Sun and the stars revealed" |
| SEPTEMBER
3th |
Longitude |
Simon
Kenny (SAC) |
| OCTOBER
1st |
Building
a Star Tracker |
Donal
O'Sullivan (SAC) |
| NOVEMBER
5th |
The
Ethics of Space |
Peter
Household (Cork
AC) |
| DECEMBER
3th |
The
Growing Solar System |
Gordon
Lalor (SAC) |
2014 Meetings:
| 2014
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
9th |
Next
Generation Space Rovers
|
Michael
Johnson (UL + SAC) |
| FEBRUARY
6th |
AGM
+ general meeting |
AGM |
| MARCH
5th |
A
Beginners Guide to the Planets |
Gordon
Lalor (SAC) |
| APRIL
2nd |
The
Colour of Stars |
Shea
Morrissey (SAC) |
| MAY
7th |
The
Virgo Cluster - The Edge of Infinity |
Tony
O'Hanlon |
| JUNE
4th |
Quasars
and Beyond: A look back in time |
Seanie
Morris (MAC) |
| JULY
2rd |
Open
Night |
|
| AUGUST
6th |
Summer
Break |
Summer
Break |
| SEPTEMBER
3th |
Reeling
in the Light Years |
Donal
O'Sullivan (SAC) |
| OCTOBER
1nd |
Astronomy
Down Under - A Personal Voyage |
John
O'Mahony (SAC) |
| NOVEMBER
5th |
Telescope Maintenance |
Dave Lilis (SAC) |
| DECEMBER
3th |
TBA |
TBA |
2013 Meetings:
| 2013
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
10th |
Jupiter
viewing
|
Observing
session at Mary I. |
| FEBRUARY
7th |
AGM
+ general meeting |
AGM |
| MARCH
7th |
Voyagers 1 & 2,
the little probes that could ! |
Shea
Morrisay (SAC) + re-assembly of 12" Dob scope. |
| APRIL
4th |
Navigating
the nightsky |
Gerry
Garvey (SAC) |
| MAY
2nd |
Building
my Observatory |
Dave
Lillis (SAC) |
| JUNE
6th |
GLORIA
Robotic Telescopic Array |
Martin
Topinka
(University College Dublin) |
| JULY
4th |
Video
Night |
Video
Night |
| AUGUST
1st |
Summer
Break |
Summer
Break |
| SEPTEMBER
5th |
Stars
and Stones |
Frank
Ryan (SAC) |
| OCTOBER
3rd |
Navigation:
Past, Present and Future |
Simon
Kenny (SAC) |
| NOVEMBER
7th |
Celestial
Lights: Hunting the Irish Aurora |
Ronan
Newman (GAC) |
| DECEMBER
5th |
Open
Night (Including updates on Comet Ison) |
Open
to the floor |
2012 Meetings:
| 2012
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
12th |
Observing
at the back of Mary I, Jupiter watch.
|
Observing
Session |
| FEBRUARY
2nd |
AGM
+
a demonstration of the club website |
AGM
+
Dave Lillis (SAC) |
| MARCH
1st |
General
Q & A's |
General
Meeting |
| APRIL
5th |
Art
in Astronomy |
Shea
Morrisey (SAC) |
| MAY
3rd |
Widefield
Astrophotography |
Brendan
Alexander
http://www.donegalskies.com/ |
| JUNE
7th |
Moonbounce |
Simon
Kenny (SAC) |
| JULY
5th |
Transit
of Venus from Norway |
Michael
Johnson (SAC) |
| AUGUST
2nd |
Table
Quiz Night (Teams) |
Roy
Stewart |
| SEPTEMBER
6th |
Horizon
episode showing the space race to the Moon from the Soviet perspective. |
Video
Night |
| OCTOBER
4th |
The
Outer SolarSystem |
John
Flannery (SDAS) |
| NOVEMBER
1st |
The
Hubble Space Telescope |
John
Keane (KAC) |
| DECEMBER
6th |
We'll
have a short talk on telescopes , how they work and what to get for
Christmass. Also we'll be dismantling the optics of the clubs 10"
scope in preperation for recoating. |
Dave
Lillis (SAC) |
2011 Meetings:
| 2011
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
12th |
Space
Tourism
|
Gordon
Lawlor (SAC) |
| FEBRUARY
2nd |
Aurora |
Michael
Johnson (SAC) &
AGM |
| MARCH
3rd |
Project
Apollo |
Dave
Lillis (SAC) |
| APRIL
7th |
Lunar
Occultation
Observing Night |
Club
observing session |
| MAY
5th |
Moons
of the Solarsystem |
Roy
Stewart |
| JUNE
2nd |
Lunar
Eclipses |
Frank
Ryan (SAC) |
| JULY
7th |
Table
Quiz Night (Teams) |
hosted
by Roy Stewart (SAC) |
| AUGUST
4th |
Q&A |
Open
Night |
| SEPTEMBER
1st |
The
Evolution of
the Solarsystem |
Conan
Mc Donnell (SAC) |
| OCTOBER
6th |
The
Moon (Lunar 100) |
John
Lally (MAC) |
| NOVEMBER
3rd |
Webcam
Imaging |
Dave
Lillis (SAC) |
| DECEMBER
1st |
Space
Weather |
Frank
Ryan (SAC) |
2010 Meetings:
| 2010
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| JANUARY
13th |
A
Layman's Guide to Meteorites
|
Michael O Connell (MAC) |
| FEBRUARY
3rd |
Space
shuttle |
Ronan
Newman (GAC) |
| MARCH
3rd |
Telescope
night |
(observing
with club telescopes) |
| APRIL
7th |
Mercury,
Venus, Saturn & Mars Watch |
(observing
with club telescopes) |
| MAY
5th |
Open
Discussion Night |
- |
| JUNE
2nd |
Building
My Observatory |
Dave
Lillis (SAC) |
| JULY
7th |
Table
Quiz Night |
hosted
by Conan Mc Donnell (SAC) |
| AUGUST
4th |
Open
Discussion Night |
- |
| SEPTEMBER
1st |
Astronomy
on the internet |
Conan
Mc Donnell (SAC) |
| OCTOBER
6th |
Charting
the Heavens |
John
Flannery (SDAS) |
| NOVEMBER
3rd |
The
Planets - A beginners guide |
Gordon
Lawlor (SAC) |
| DECEMBER
1st |
Basic
Astrophotography |
Dave
Lillis (SAC) |
2009 Meetings:
|
2009 Date & Speaker
|
Topic |
Speaker
Details |
Jan 14th
Frank Ryan Jr
|
Frank will present a talk
on
how to take widefield digital images.
|
Three years ago Frank began taking images
of the nights sky.
He is now a regular image contributor to astronomical magazines
& publications
such as The Sky at Night and
Sky & Telescope. |
Feb 4th
The Annual General Meeting
|
Once again its time for
our
Annual General Meeting.
|
All
current members are urged to
attend and vote in the 2009 committee.
|
March 4th
Professor Michael Redfern
|
IYA2009 in Ireland
|
Mike
is a Professor in the School of Physics in NUI-Galway,
Director of the Centre for
Astronomy
He is also the single Point of Contact for Ireland for IYA2009.
|
April 1st
Dave Mc Donnald
|
Discovering
Asteroid Fiona
Dave recently discovered the second asteroid from Ireland (2008 TM9) - the
first was discovered from County Sligo by Andrew Graham in 1848. So, as
well
as having an asteroid named after himself (21782 Davemcdonald), he now has
a
discovery which he can name himself.
We look forward to Daves talk about his discovery.
|
Dave
McDonald of County Kildare regularly contributes asteroid data to the
Minor Planet Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Dawn Mission) from
J65, Celbridge Observatory.
As well as running ad-hoc supernova searches and producing light-curves
for
extra solar planets, Dave is keen to promote science to youngsters in his
role as a Science Ambassador for Discover Science and Engineering.
|
May 6th
Telescopes Explained
|
Outdoor
Meeting Weather
Permitting!
Dress Warmly.
|
Everything
you wanted to know about
telescopes but were afraid to ask!
We plan to set up the current arsenal of
club scopes in Mary I grounds
to give you a practical 'hands on'
look at & through each explaining as we go. |
June 3rd
Mike Scully.
|
'Shooting
Stars' |
Mike
is from Kerry Astronomy Club |
|
July 1st
|
'Astronomy
on the internet' |
Conan Mc Donnell
|
|
Dave Lillis
August 5th
|
Siberian Solar Eclipse
Last year Dave and other
Irish astronomers
travelled to Siberia to witness a
total solar eclipse.
In this talk Dave will tell us about the trip
and the experience of witnessing
one of natures most awesome specticles.
|
Dave
is the current observing
director of S.A.C |
|
September 2nd
|
'Open Night' |
What's to see in the
coming month
&
Astronomy news
|
| October
7th |
Time |
Simon
Kenny |
| November
4th |
life
in the universe |
Peter
Household |
December 2nd
|
The Christmas Star -
An astronomers perspective
|
Frank Ryan Jr
Franks talk will
take a scientific look
at the legend that is the
'Christmas Star'
|
2008 Meetings:
| 2008
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| Jan
9th
|
Q&A
session |
Dave
Lillis, SAC |
| Feb
6th |
Starting
off in Astrophotography |
Dave
Lillis, SAC |
| March
5th |
Satellites |
Simon
Kenny, SAC |
| April
2nd |
A.G.M. |
New
members still welcome along. |
| May
7th |
Webcam
Imaging |
John
O Mahony / Dave Lillis |
| June
4th |
Topic
TBC |
Andy
Mc Crea |
| July
2nd |
Tides |
Simon
Kenny, SAC |
| August
6th |
Summer
meeting workshop. Finding your way in the stars |
Want
to learn the constellations, brighter stars and locations of more famous
objects? |
| September
3rd |
Supernovae |
Dave
Lillis, SAC |
| October
1st |
“Is
that the Moon! How did it get that get there?” |
Sean
Morris, Tullamore Astronomy Club |
| November
5th |
“Galileo,
Galileo, who on Earth was Galileo?” |
Deirdre
Kelleghan, Irish Astronomical Society |
| December
3rd |
Einstein
and the Universe. |
John
O Mahony, SAC |
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