

We have kept a copy of nearly all Talks/Lectures given over the years in DCU and Trinity College, as a service to those who were unable to attend for one reason or another . Call us if you would like a copy on 086 06 46 555. For members Euro 5 inc. postage non-members Euro 10.
Events 2019
- Geminids Meteor Shower Peaking on 14th December.
- “The Eddington Eclipse Expeditions”CHRISTMAS LECTURE December 9th by Prof. Peter Coles
- Christmas Telescope Moon Watch December 7th at our Headquarters.
- “CHALLENGES OF THE APOLLO MOON LANDINGS : AN IRISHMAN’S STORY.” PUBLIC LECTURE November 11th by Pat Norris, NASA Apollo11
- Transit of Mercury PUBLIC WATCH Nov.11
- International Observe the Moon Night In association with NASA October 05th
- Saturn Watch PUBLIC WATCH September 20th
- Report on this Year’s Star-B-Q Saturday August 24th.
- “The Perseid Meteor Shower ” Peaking on August 12th. Join in on the count.
- “Listening to the Underverse: Gravitational Wave Astronomy” August 10th by Andy Briggs, Girona, Spain.
- Lunar Eclipse Watch Family Fun for all ages in AI HQ July 16
- “DART and Hera: Moving an Asteroid” PUBLIC LECTURE July 8th by Dr. Alan Fitzsimmons, (QUB).
- “When Black Holes Collide!” PUBLIC LECTURE June 10th by Dr. Kate Maguire(TCD)
- Black Hole Watch & Moon Watch Saturday May 11th
- ” NAKED EYE ASTRONOMY ” PUBLIC LECTURE by John Flannery. Monday 13th May TCD
- Black Hole Watch & Moon Watch Saturday May 11th in our HQ Blanchardstown. All Welcome!
- Black Hole Watch & Moon Watch April 13th in our HQ Blanchardstown. All Welcome!
- Photographing a Black hole April 10th EHT set to image a black hole
- “Clouds at the Edge of Space: An insight to their History, Formation & link to Solar Minimum” by Ronan NewmanMonday April 8th
- “Project Apollo: To The Moon and Back, Half a Century Ago” 11th February By Paul Evans of the Irish Astronomical Society.
- Total Eclipse of Moon Jan.21
- Telescope Workshop and Moon Watch 16th January in AI HQ
- NEW YEAR PUBLIC LECTURE JAN.14: ” DARK MATTER & DARK ENERGY by Dr. Ben Elder (from Centre for Astronomy & Particle Theory, Nottingham University)
Events 2018
- Christmas Lecture – Mars Insight By Kevin Nolan of the Planetary Society 17th December
- CHRISTMAS COMET WATCH See this amazing sight 14th December – AI Headquarters.
- Nationwide Geminid Watch Get counting! 13th December
- International Observe the Moon Night in association with NASA at AI Headquarters October 20th.
- “A Short History Of Measuring The Heavens From Armagh”by Professor Michael Burton, Armagh Observatory Sept 10.
- Meteorites and the formation of the Solar System 10th September by Dr Ian Sanders, TCD
- Star-B-Q 2018 (Mars Festival!) 8th September
- National Perseid Watch 12th August
- “Big Data Big Universe” by Kevin Nolan of the Planetary Society and the ITT. Monday August 13th.
- “Building Ireland’s €2million LOFAR Telescope” By Joe McCauley (Project Supervisor). Monday July 9th at 8pm
- Jupiter Watch See the Great Red Spot and Jupiter’s Moons in our telescopes. All Welcome. 6th July 9:30PM
- Lunar Eclipse Astronomy Ireland ‘Eclipse’ Magazine and Article Offer
- There’s something about ALAN: the effect of light at night” June11 By Professor Brian Espey, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin.
- The Magnetism of Low Mass Stars14th May by Yanina Metodieva of Armagh Observatory
- Venus Watch14th April in AI Headquarters Blanchardstown.
- “The James Webb Space Telescope & Ireland” Public Lecture & DVD April 9th.
- Annual Moon Watch Report 24th March. Huge crowd to see the Moon and and a host of other objects!
- “Extreme space weather: origins, forecasting, and mitigation?” by Dr Sophie A Murray, School of Physics, TCD 12 March..
- ” The Northern Lights From Ireland ” by Ronan Newman, Monday February 12th
- Uranus/Moon Watch and Telescope Workshop – January 24
- Nationwide Geminid Watch December 12th
- “The Cassini Mission to Saturn: The End of an Era” December 11th By Professor Carl Murray University of London
- Uranus Watch November 15th in AI HQ Blanchardstown
- Cork’s Stonehenge explains Stonehenge November 13th By Terence Meaden of Oxford University.
- Moon Watch Wednesday November 1st 2017
- Saturn and Moon Watch Sept 26th at 7pm in Astronomy Ireland HQ.
- Star – B – Q 2017 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
- The 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
- 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
- “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
- Dec 19th Telescope Watch Uranus and the Moon
- “Exoplanets and the search for ET” Dec 14th
- Telescope Watch November 19th
- Leonid Meteor Shower Nov. 10th-25th
- Nov. 15th “The Universe!” Lecture by David Moore in Castlebar
- Report on Moon Watch October 23rd
- Sept 29th The Town Hall Theatre Galway David Moore Lecture
- Sept 27/28th Eclipse Watch September
- Sept 21st ” Rosetta the comet chaser – up close & personal by Laurence O Rourke of ESA “
- August 15th 2015: Star-B-Q Report
- 12/13 August The Perseid Meteor Shower
- July 6 Lecture Comet Samples Brought Back To Earth
- Report on the Merger of Venus and Jupiter – June 30th
- Merger of Venus and Jupiter – June 30th
- Public Sun Show June 20
- Wednesday May 27th – Telescope Watch Report
- May 2015 ‘Eclipse Special’
- May 11th “Einstein and the Big Bang” Dr Cormac O’Raifeartaigh, WIT
- Thursday April 23rd – Hubble 25th – Moon and Jupiter Watch
- April 13th “Dark Matter? Dark Energy? – What We Don’t Know About the Universe”by Prof. Andy Shearer NUIG
- 20th March What next after the Solar Eclipse
- 20th March Solar Eclipse Report and Images
- March 9th “Russian Space Science” by Brian Harvey
- March 3rd Report Jupiter Watch
- Comet Lovejoy
- February 9 “Exploring the Realm of the Giants” By Dr. Leigh Fletcher, Oxford
- January 12 “A surprising Comet” Dr. Pedro Lacerda of the Max Planck Institute.
Events 2014
- Astro-Expo Sunday December 14th
- Geminid Metor Shower
- Moon Watch December 3rd
- 6th November Moon Watch
- Black Hole and our Milky Way – Oct. 13 by Dr. John Magorrian (University of Oxford)
- October 2nd Moon Watch
- SuperMoon – Sunday Sept. 7th – Tuesday Sept. 9th
- August 23rd Star-B-Q Report
- Saturday May 10 Marswatch report
Events 2013
- 16th November Astro Expo Report
- 31st August Star-B-Q Report
- 29th April Lecture “The Gloria Project in a Nutshell” by Professor Lorraine Hanlon, UCD.
Events 2012
- 14th May “The Science of Armageddon”, By Jay Tate, Spaceguard Centre UK.
- Mars Watch Report March 29th
- 13th February “The Mars Science Laboratory” By Kevin Nolan, The Planetary Society.
- February 1st Jupiter Watch Report
- 9th January “Searching for Particles at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN” By Professor Peter Watkins, University of Birmingham.
Events 2011
- 12th December “Why Pluto Is Not A Planet” By Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Discoverer of Pulsars.
- September 20th Astronomy Ireland Grand Opening
- 12th September “Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe” By Tom Boles, World Record Supernova Discoverer.
- 8th August “The Future of Planet Hunting” By Professor Don Pollacco, Queen’s University Belfast
- 11th July “The Extraordinary Universe; looking at Gamma-rays from Space” By Dr. Mark Lang, Head of School of Physics, NUI Galway
- May 8th “The Biggest Ever Space Telescope” By Dr. Chris North, BBC’s The Sky at Night
- 15th April Saturn Watch Report
- 13th April “The Large Hadron Collider Searching for the God Particle” By Dr. Stephen Myers, CERN, Switzerland.
- 11th March Moon Watch Report
- 14th February “Ancient Irish Astronomy: Fact or Fiction?” By Frank Prendergast, DIT & UCD.
- January 26th Jupiter Watch Report
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
- 14th December “ESO: The Biggest Telescopes in the World” by Prof. Tim de Zeeuw, Director-General of the European Southern Observatory
- 14th November Astro-Expo Report
- 22 October Galilean Nights Report
- 8th and 9th October “Cassini: New Views of Saturn” Lecture Report by Prof Carl Murray.
- 9th September Jupiter Watch Report
- 14th September “Planets Around Other Stars” Lecture Report, by Dr. Chris Watson, Queen’s University.
- 10th August “Mad About Meteorites” Lecture Report by Dr. Matthew Parkes of the National Museum
- 23rd July “Moonshot” by Dan Parry Lecture Report
- 2-5th April Hundred Hours of Astronomy
- 28th March Earth Hour Telescope Night Report
- 15th June “Hanny’s Voorwep” Lecture Report by Hanny Van Arkel
- 8th June “Irish Asteroids” Lecture Report By David Grennan and David McDonald
- 20th April “From the Moon to Matroshka” by Professor Denis O Sullivan, UCG
- 16th March “European Space Science and Exploration : Where Are We Now? By Prof. David Southwood, ESA
- PUBLIC LECTURE Feb. 9 “Cosmic Casualties” By Doug Ellison star of BBC’s Sky At Night
- Venus and Moon Watches Nationwide – 30 January Report HERE
- 2 January 2009 “Touchdown on Titan” by Prof John Zarnecki “Touchdown on Titan” –
Almost 300 people came to listen to Prof Zarnecki’s talk on his involvement with Cassini-Huygens. Read the report HERE .
Events 2008
- Venus and the Moon in Conjunction on New Year’s Eve
The Moon and Venus will be only 3 degrees apart in the evening sky! . - Winter Solstice: 21st December 2008
Astronomy Ireland ran a Solstice Watch for this celestial event, find out more. - 13/14 December Geminid Meteor Shower and our Nationwide Geminid Watch.
- 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. - December 1st Moon Venus Occultation – images HERE
- Saturday November 29 WORLD PREMIERE “MARS” HERE
- Nov. 20th Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Event took place in the Science Gallery with Bill Cullen and Stephen Attenborough.
- November 10th “Smoking Stars” by Dr Simon Jeffery of Armagh Observatory
- Saturday November 8th Astro-Expo 2008
- Astronomy Ireland’s David Grennan discovers asteroid – the second discovered from Ireland in just two weeks
- Catch the Astronomy Ireland Radio Show with Mikey Graham of Boyzone on Tuesday evening 21 October.
- October 7th New Irish Asteroid discovered by Dave McDonald, in his observatory in Celbridge, Dublin.
- Monday October 13 “Searching for stars around other planets from Ireland” by Greg Hallinan.
- On Wednesday, September 10th, the LHC in CERN was switched on.
- September 8 Public Lecture “Light Pollution in Ireland” by Albert White of Ilpac
- Star-B-Q Saturday August 30th Report and images.
- 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.
- September 8 Public Lecture “Light Pollution in Ireland” by Albert White of Ilpac
- August 1st Solar Eclipse
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- March 29: Partial Eclipse of Sun visible from Ireland
- 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
- December 12: Christmas Lecture – ” Cosmology from beginning to end ” by Chris Lintott of the BBC’s “The Sky at Night”
- November 19-20: Astro-Expo – Ireland’s biggest FREE Astronomy and Space Exhibition took place in DCU
- November 14: Public Lecture and book signing: ” The Chinese Space Programme by Brian Harvey, Space Author. Hear Brian interviewed on Astronomy Ireland radio show 08/11/05 Here
- October 10: Public Lecture ” Meteorites and the Origin of the Solar System ” by Dr Ian Sanders of TCD.
- September 12: Public Lecture, D.C.U. ” Historic Telescopes of Armagh Observatory ” By Dr. John Butler of Armagh Observatory.
- September 6: As part of the BA’s Festival of Science, Ireland’s best known astronomer David Moore gave a lecture entitled “A Hitchiker’s Guide to the Universe” in the National College of Ireland, IFSC, Mayor Street, Dublin 1.
- August 8: Public Lecture DCU ” Our Dynamic Sun ” by Dr. Peter T. Gallagher of NASA’s Sun Observatory (SOHO).
- July 11: Lecture in D.C.U ” Time Travel Illustrated ” by Brian Coleman No DVD
- May 9: Public lecture ” Looking inside the Stars ” by Dr. Simon Jeffery of Armagh Observatory.
- June 13: DCU Lecture – Astronomy in ancient Sligo and Meath by Martin Byrne
- May 7: Star-B-Q under clear skies report
- April 15: National Moon Watch Day countrywide
- April 11: ” Albert Einstein – his life and times ” Public lecture in association with Astrosoc and The Institute of Physics in Ireland in The Hub Dublin City University to celebrate Einstein Year 2005.
- March 14: Public lecture ” Edgeworth Kuiper Belt Objects/Planet X” by Astronomy Ireland’s Eamonn Ansbro of Kingsland Observatory.
- The 9,000th person to join Astronomy Ireland since it was founded in 1990 was annouced at our March Lecture in D.C.U. Dublin. Thomas Monks from Clonsilla in Dublin has won a weekend in the Meadowlands Hotel Tralee – this charming intimate 4 Star hotel located 5-minute stroll from Tralee centre. This prize is for 2 nights B&B and 1 evening meal for 2 people.
- March 4: NATIONAL SATURN WATCH DAY Report
- Feb 24: Cork Meeting/Lecture featuring new European Astronomical Robotic Observatory being launched for Cork Europe City of Culture 2005.
- FEB 14: Public Lecture: CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION TO SATURN
- Jan 10: “William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), Ireland’s greatest mathematician.” By Dr. Fiacre O’Cairbre, NUI Maynooth
- Jan 7 & 13: Countrywide Comet watches in support of the Asian Tsunami appeal
- DEC. 7: LECTURE “Lord Rosse’s Telescope at Birr Co. Offaly” by Dr Allan Chapman from Oxford University and Channel 4
- Astro Expo 2004 Report
- November Lecture Photographing Planets by Damian Peach
- October Lecture DCU, Search for Novae and Supernovae by Guy Hurst
- September 13 Public Lecture DCU Mars – life in hostile Environments By Dr. Tom Mason, Armagh Planetarium.
- August 13 – 400 people at Star-B-Q of August 13 2004
- August 9 Public Lecture DCU ” Titan Blinks “
- July 12 Monthly Lecture DCU ” Internet Telescopes “
- June 8 – Transit of Venus Report
- May 10 – Transit of Venus DCU Monthly Lecture by Dr. Ed Barnett, Space Encounters
- May 7 – Close to 200 people at Star-B-Q
- May 4 – TOTAL ECLIPSE OF MOON. See list of Watches Nation-wide
- April Lecture ” Ireland In Space Prof. Susan McKenna Lawlor
- March Lecture ” Heading for Mars ” Dr Stuart Smith, NASA
- New Year Lecture Prof Southwood ESA
Events 2003
- Thousands at Astro-Expo 2003 – report and pictures
- ESA for Astro-Expo 2003 (Nov. 15 & 16 2003)
- Lunar Eclipse Watches Nation-wide November 8 2003
- Best photo of Mars taken from Ireland!
- An enormous crowd of over 500 people at Star-B-Q August 23! Review and pictures
- Report on Mars Watches Nation-wide August 27