This page contains links to past events organized by Astronomy Ireland recently and in the past:
Events 2017
- Saturn and Moon Watch Sept 26th at 7pm in Astronomy Ireland HQ.
- Star - B - Q 2017 Report September 16th Report and images from Ireland's largest star party
- September 11 Enbio- Surface Materials for EIRSAT-1, Solar Orbiter and More By Lorcán Byrne of Enbio
- USA Eclipse Trip 2017 August 19th to August 24th.
- Solar Eclipse Watch Waterford August 21st in Kingsmeadow, Waterford from 7:30pm
- Solar Eclipse Watch August 21st in Astronomy Ireland HQ, Dublin 7:30pm
- Public Lecture "
"There is nothing amateur about Science"
By David Grennan of Raheny Observatory August 14th
- he Perseid Meteor Shower
August 12th at its peak
- Public Lecture "Our Sun, Friend or Foe?"
July 10th By Terry Moseley of the Irish Astronomical Association
- “Interactions between exoplanets and their host stars” 8th May, by Dr Aline Vidotto, Astrophysics, TCD.
- Waterford Jupiter Watch
2nd May in Kingsmeadow
- Jupiter Watch - 2nd May
- Stargazing Live Event 28th,29th,30th March here
- Stargazing Live South East Branch in Kingsmeadow Waterford on Tuesday 28th March.
- Communications with Extra-terrestrial Civilisations
By Eamonn Ansbro, M.Ast, M.Phil, PhD (ABD), FRAS of Kingsland Observatory
- Black Holes and Gamma-Rays March 13th by Dr. Martin Topinka, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
- Venus Moon Watch March 6th at Astronomy Ireland Headquarters 7PM
- Lecture "Sungrazing Comets - Falling Into Hell!" Feb.13th, by Prof Alan Fitzsimmons
- Lunar Eclipse Watch
on Friday February 10th at A.I. Headquarters
- Mars and Venus Watch on February 1st at AI headquarters
- January 9th New Year Lecture "Space: a platform to inspire the next generation of Engineers, Scientists and Innovators" by Dr. Norah Patten, International Space University
Events 2016
- 'Geminid and Supermoon Watch' on Tuesday 13th December. Nationwide Meteor Count for all!!
- Dec 12th "Where next after Rosetta?" By Dr Colin Snodgrass Open University
- Supermoon Watch November 14th
- Mayo Science & Technology Festival "The Universe" A presentation by David Moore of Astronomy Ireland
- Telescope Watch for Science Week Report
November 16th at AI Headquarters - Moon, Mars and much more!
- Supermoon Watch November 14th after Einstein's Theory of Relativity lecture
- Einstein's Theory of Relativity By Dr Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, WIT Nov. 14th
- Science Week 2016 Astronomy Ireland are running lots of events for Science Week November13th - 20th.
- "The Cosmic Chemical Cauldron"by Dr. Helen Fraser, Open University Oct. 10th.
- Saturn's amazing rings Sept.29 Watch
- "Blow up a Star and find Dark Energy" September 19th by Dr. Cosimo Inserra
- "Star-B-Q" - Saturday August 27th
- Perseid Meteor Shower - Nationwide Watch August 4th to 19th
- "The World in Eleven Dimensions" 8th August by Professor Michael Duff (Imperial College London).
- "Neptune, Triton and the Outer Solar System" By Dr Craig Agnor, Queen Mary Univ. London
- Juno, Jupiter and Mars Watch July 8th at Astronomy Ireland Headquarters
- The Universe David Moore's one man show comes to Waterford June 23rd Book Now!
- National Mars Watch June 18th at Astronomy Ireland Headquarters.
- "The Universe invisible to the naked eye"
by Dr. Masha Chernyakova, Russia and Geneva June13th
- "GIANT IMAGES FROM SPACE" By Kevin Nolan of the Planetary Society Monday May 16th
- Transit of Mercury Public Watch at AI Headquarters Monday May 9th.
- National Aquarid Watch The 5th May.
- "Venus Exploration: past, present and future " April 11th by Dr Colin Wilson, University of Oxford.
- Public Moon and Jupiter Watch Monday March 21st at AI HQ.
- "Major Radio Telescope for Ireland"Monday March 14th: By Prof. Peter Gallagher(TCD)
- David Moore's One Man Show: "The Universe" February 25th in the Riverbank, Newbridge Co. Kildare.
- Moon and Jupiter Watch 23rd February
- David Moore's One Man Show: "The Universe" Ennis - Thursday Feb. 18th in Glór Theatre
- Comet, Orion, Uranus and Pleiades Watch January 28th.
- "The Universe" Public Lecture Tour January 22nd in the Hawkswell Sligo by David Moore, Chairman of Astronomy Ireland.
- "The Beauty and Science of Nebulae" New Year Lecture on January 18th by Carolin Crawford of University of Cambridge
- Christmas Telescope Workshop and Uranus and Moon Watch January 15th
- January 05 ISS Operations and Tim Peake's Mission by Andrea Boyd ISS Engineer
Events 2015
Events 2014
Events 2013
Events 2012
Events 2011
Events 2010
- 30th September Jupiter Watch Report
- 4th September Star-B-Q
- 9th August "Our Extreme Universe:
Ireland's Role in Gamma-Ray Astronomy"
By Dr John Quinn, School of Physics, UCD.
- 24th July Sun Watch Report
- 12th July "Saturn and the Cassini-Huygens mission"
By Dr. Caitriona Jackman, Space and Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London.
- 10th July Saturn Watch
- 14th June "Black Holes, The LHC & The God Particle"
by Dr. Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Waterford Institute of Technology.
- 10th May "Studying Winds from Red Giants with HST and FUSE" by Dr Brian Espey, TCD.
- 22nd April Mars, Moon and Saturn Watch
- 12th April "Mercury - New Insights"Dr. David Rothery, Open University.
- 25th March Mars Watch Report
- 8th March
"Behold, Mars!"by
Kevin Nolan, DIT
- 8th February
"Living With A Star" Dr Chris Davis, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK)
- 25th January 400 Years of the Telescope
Professor Allan Chapman of Wadham College, Oxford
Events 2009
Events 2008
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Christmas Lecture December 8th "Living in the Sun's Atmosphere"
By well known TV personality Dr. Lucie Green, of Mullard Space Science Laboratory, U.K. and presenter of BBC's 'Stardate' program.
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December 1st Moon Venus Occultation - images HERE
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Saturday November 29 WORLD PREMIERE "MARS" HERE
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Nov. 20th Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Event took place in the Science Gallery with Bill Cullen and Stephen Attenborough. Pictures and Report HERE
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November 10th "Smoking Stars" by Dr Simon Jeffery of Armagh Observatory
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Saturday November 8th Astro-Expo 2008 Report
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Astronomy Ireland's David Grennan discovers asteroid - the second discovered from Ireland in just two weeks HERE
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Catch the Astronomy Ireland Radio Show with Mikey Graham of Boyzone on Tuesday evening 21 October HERE
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October 7th New Irish Asteroid discovered by Dave McDonald, in his observatory in Celbridge, Dublin. HERE
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Monday October 13 "Searching for stars around other planets from Ireland" by Greg Hallinan HERE
- On Wednesday, September 10th, the LHC in CERN was switched on. HERE
- September 8 Public Lecture "Light Pollution in Ireland" by Albert White of Ilpac
- Star-B-Q Saturday August 30th Report and images HERE
- On the 16 August Astronomy Ireland set up telescopes countrywide to view the partial Lunar Eclipse which was visible all over Europe.
- August 11 "The key to understanding the Universe" by Professor Michael Rowan Robinson, President of the Royal Astronomical Society. Get this amazing Lecture on DVD HERE
- Perseid Meteor Shower 11th/12th/13th August -Astronomy Ireland is asking everyone to contribute to a scientific count of this years Perseid display. See HERE for details on how YOU can contribute to science.
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September 8 Public Lecture "Light Pollution in Ireland" by Albert White of Ilpac
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August 1st Solar Eclipse - REPORT HERE .
- July 14 Dublin and July 15 Cork "The History of Astronomy" by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest
- NASA discovers ice on Mars HERE
- Monday May 26th: Phoenix Lands Safely on Mars!
- May 16th at 8pm FREE Public Lecture. NASA ASTRONAUT IN LIMERICK
- 15 May ESA Astronaut Dr. Gerhard Thiele paid a visit to Astronomy Ireland to be interviewed for our Magazine and Radio Show about ESA's search for an Astronaut. RTE television News dropped in too. Report and pictures here...
- 12 May Public Lecture "Engaging youth: An Astronomical Journey in 3D" by Robert Hill of the Northern Ireland Space Office in Armagh Planetarium .
- May 1 Thursday Telescope Night in Phoenix Park, Dublin Pictures and Report ...
- 15 April Nationwide Public Saturn Watches in various locations throughout Ireland. Report
- 14 April Public Lecture "Searching for Dark Matter and Mini Black Holes" by Dr. Brian Cox, ex pop group D-ream, University of Manchester and CERN, Geneva
- March 31: Public Lecture "Adventures with the Hubble Telescope" by Lars Lindberg Christiansen ESA/Hubble.
- March 29 Earth Hour Telescope Night report...
- March 12: Moon Watches Nationwide report.... .
- March 10: Public Lecture - "Shooting the Eclipse with Patrick Moore" by Carl O'Beirnes and David Grennan who were recently on the BBC Sky At Night programme with Patrick Moore imaging the lunar eclipse .
- February 21 Total Eclipse of Moon - Last good one until 2015 REPORT
- February 11: Public Lecture - "LISA - Gravitational Wave Mission" By Dr Harry Ward, Institute for Gravitational Research, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- January 30: Evening Classes
- January 26: Galway Festival
- January 23: Nationwide Mars watches ( Report )
- January 14: Public Lecture - "Interpreting Meteorites: a paradigm shift" By Dr. Ian Sanders, Trinity College Dublin
- January 10-12: Young Scientists Exhibiton.
Events 2007 (Calendar list of events)
- December 14: Nationwide Mars and Geminid Watches.
- December 10: Public Lecture - "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" By Dr. Tim O'Brien, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK.
- 28ú Mí na Samhna "Na réaltaí agus an Spéir san Oíche" le Eamonn O'Fearcháin.
- November 25: Astro-Expo
- November 24: Day trip to Armagh Planetarium
- November 14: Public lecture in Athlone: "The Big Bang" by Dave McCann
- It is with great sadness and shock that we have learned that Astronomy Ireland's Space Flight correspondent Colm J. Cannon has passed away here
- November 13: Nationwide Uranus and Comet Holmes watches REPORT
- November 12: Public Lecture - "Near Earth Asteroids" By Dr. Neil McBride, Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University, UK. in association with Discover Science and Engineering.
- November 5,6,7: Public lecture in Galway, Cork, Dundalk: "The Day the Sun Attacked the Earth" by renowned writer Stuart Clark.
- C/2007 F 1 Loneos comet HERE
- October 11: Astronomy Evening Classes
- October 8: Public Lecture - "Extrasolar Planets and the hunt for life in the Universe" By Dr. Ian Stevens, University of Birmingham, Uk. in association with Discover Science and Engineering.
- September 10: Public Lecture - "Supernovae - hunting exploding stars" By Professor Stephen Smartt, Queens University, Belfast in association with Discover Science and Engineering
- September 8: Star-B-Q
- August 13: Public Lecture - "Building a Universe Byte by Byte" By Prof Brad Gibson, Theoretical Astrophysics, University Central Lancashire
- July 9: Public Lecture - "The Birth of Stars and Planets" By Dr Emma Whelan of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)
- June 11: Public Lecture - "The Heliosphere-Living inside the Sun's Atmosphere" By Dr. Peter Gallagher, Trinity College Dublin
- May 14: Public Lecture - "Digital Deep Sky Astrophotography" By Dave Grennan and Jed Glover
- May 5: Star-B-Q
- April 24: Astronomy Ireland Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of "The Sky at Night" with Sir Patrick Moore OBE. Report
- April 16: Public Lecture - "Black holes: observation, theory and geometry" By Dr. Oisin MacConamhna
- March 12: Public Lecture - "Bang" By Dr. Chris Lintott of BBC's Sky at Night programme
- March 3: Nationwide Lunar Eclipse Watch. Details
- February 12: Public Lecture - "The Universe- A Biography" By Dr. John Gribbin, Sussex University, UK
- January 31: Beginner's Astronomy Evening Classes Trinity College
- January 9-13: BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
- January 8: Public Lecture - "Black Holes and White Rabbits" By Professor John Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland
Events 2006
- December 13: Countrywide Geminid Watches
- December 11: Christmas Lecture, Trinity College, " Women in Astronomy " by Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell of Oxford University.
- December 10: "The Solar System, A Guided Tour" by Colm J. Cannon - 3.00pm in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park
- December 2: Hundreds attend Astro-Expo 2006 Ireland's Biggest Astronomy and Space Exhibition which was opened by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Vincent Jackson.
- November 28: Uranus-Moon Watch and Telescope Show Report
- November 17: Leonid Meteor Shower to put on an extra special display. Read more
- November 13: Public Lecture, Schrodinger Theatre, TCD. " Blackrock Castle Robotic Observatory " by Dr. Niall Smith of CIT
- November 9,10,11,12: Stand at Toys 4 Big Boys in the RDS
- November 1: Hundreds attend Moon and Comet SWAN Watches Nationwide
- October 20: Public Lecture, Schrodinger Theatre, TCD. As part of Maths Week " Mathematics, the Stars and Black Holes " by Dr. Peter Duffy.
- October 12: Astronomy classes
- October 9: Public Lecture Trinity College "Mars - our Origin and Destiny" By Kevin Nolan of the Planetary Society.
- September 14: Cork Branch Meeting - Guest Speaker John McCarthy Topic: "Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis" More
- September 11: Major Public Lecture, Trinity College, " Current European Space Exploration ", by Professor David Southwood, Science Director of the European Space Agency.
- September 7: Partial Lunar Eclipse visible at 7:49pm More
- August 26: Star-B-Q . Nearly 400 people enjoy Ireland's greatest gathering of enthusiasts. Report
- August 14: Public Lecture: "Celestial Mechanics" By Patrick Browne of NUI Galway.
- August 12/13: Perseid Meteor Shower more info
- November 19-20: Astro-Expo - Ireland's biggest FREE Astronomy and Space Exhibition took place in DCU Report
- November 4 : Mars Watches countrywide; Plus Live webcast in association with Vodafone 3G. Report Here
- October 3: Nationwide Solar Eclipse Watches Report and see our Eclipse Page for details on how to observe this special event
- August 26: Star-B-Q . Report
- August 14: Public Lecture " Celestial Mechanics ", by Patrick Browne of NUI Galway.
- July 10: Public Lecture " Astronomical Imaging with a CCD Camera ", by Kevin Sweeney.
- July 4: Comet Crash Watch reports Nationwide - Deep Impact
- June 12: Public Lecture " Adaptive Optics " by Professor Chris Dainty of NUI Galway.
- June 1: Astronomy Ireland Chairman, David Moore , was on RTE 2 television to explain why anyone in Ireland thinking of going to university really must be thinking of taking a degree in astronomy or nothing at all!
- May 8: Public Lecture " Archaeoastronomical Discoveries " by Paul Griffin.
- April 28: Star-B-Q - 170 people enjoyed a fantastic night in Roundwood with talks, displays, viewing and of course food. Read More
- April 10: Public lecture - " Star Death: Cosmic Pollution and Cosmic Recycling
- March 29: Total Eclipse Trip 2006 Turkey - Incredible, fantastic, emotional!!! - some of the superlatives used for one of the most amazing sights in nature. Full report and pictures of the event
- March 29: Partial Eclipse of Sun visible from Ireland - details here
- March 14: Penumbral Eclipse
- March 13: Public lecture - " The Hunt for Extrasolar Planets in Globular Clusters ". By Dr. Ray Butler, Dept. Physics, NUI Galway.
- February 27: " Solar Eclipses - Past, Present and Future " (a must for anyone thinking of going to Turkey for the Eclipse Trip ). By David Grennan.
- February 13: " Black Holes: Newton watches Andromeda with X-ray eyes " by Dr. Ulrich Kolb, Open University, U.K.
- January 12, 13, 14: BT Young Scientists Exhibition in the RDS, visit Astronomy Ireland stand there.
- January 12: New year lecture: " The Big Bang " by Dr. Simon Singh in Trinity College
- January 9: New year lecture:; " Challenger and Columbia " by Colm J. Cannon
Events 2005
Events 2004 (calendar list of events)
Events 2003 (Calendar list of events)
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