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May 2025
April 2025
Public Lecture
Monday April 14
Human Robotics and the Future of Space Exploration
Dr. Martin Braddock UK
March 2025
“Astronomy for Beginners” Evening Classes
run until Wednesday March 19th
Our ever popular Evening Classes are each self-contained so book now & repeat all 8 in October FREE!
Irish Astronomy Week
March 1–8
Public Lecture
Monday March 10
Ice, Water, and the Future of Mars Exploration
by Dr. Frances Butcher by Dr. Frances Butcher (UK speaker)
February 2025
Public MARS Watch
February 26th at 7pm
Come along and let us show you Mars in big telescopes while it’s close to Earth:
Best views until 2031!
Public Lecture
Monday February 10
“Comets – What they are, where they come from?”
By James Fradgley UK
January 2025
Public Lecture
Monday January 13 2025
” Black holes, dark matter and dark energy. Have astronomers turned to the dark side?”
By Dr. Peter Allan, UK.
December 2024
Geminid Meteor Shower
December 13th/14th (Peak)
Christmas Lecture
Monday December 9
Atmospheres of Alien Worlds
By Dr. Neale Gibson, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
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November 2024
Christmas Telescope Night
Tuesday November 26
Public Lecture
Monday November 11
“Searching for Earth 2: exoplanets and life in the Universe”
Dr. Matthew Bothwell, Public Astronomer at Cambridge University
October 2024
Beginners Evening Classes
Tuesday October 22
Our ever popular Evening Classes so book early so as not to be disappointed!
September 2024
Supermoon Eclipse
Tuesday September 17
Public Lecture
Monday September 9
“What Has The Space Programme Ever Done For Us?”
by Mary McIntyre FRAS, Oxfordshire, UK.
August 2024
Star-B-Q 2024
August 31st
Book early to avoid disapointment!!
Great food, lectures, stands, telescopes and dark skies.
Public Lecture
Monday August 12
“The Incredible Moons of the Solar System”
by Andy Briggs, Space Oddities, Girona, Spain
July 2024
Public Lecture
Monday July 8
“Where are the Sun’s Sister Stars?”
By Dr. Paul Fellows MA FIET FRAS Cambridge Astronomical Association
June 2024
Public Lecture live from ESO in Chile
Monday June 10
Supernovae
by Dr. Thomas Moore Queen’s University Belfast
May 2024
Public Lecture
Monday May 13
“New ways of looking at Io volcanoes”
by Professor Lionel Wilson, University of Lancaster.
April 2024
Public Lecture
Note Date Change**
Tuesday April 09
“The Science & Instrumentation of Ground Based
Gamma-Ray Astronomy”
by Dr. Gary Kenny, Physics and Instrumentation, ATU Galway
March 2024
Public Lecture for Astronomy Week
Monday March 11
“Tuning in to Primordial Stars: Seeing first light with radio telescopes and JWST“
Dr. Emma Chapman University of Nottingham
February 2024
January 2024
Beginners Evening Classes
Wednesday January 31
Our ever popular Evening Classes so book early so as not to be disappointed!
Jupiter Watch/Christmas Telescope Workshop
Wednesday January 24
Did you get a Telescope for Christmas?
Then come along and learn how to use it!
January 2024
New Year Lecture
Monday January 8
Photographing galaxies: my learning journey
Dr. Jane Clark FRAS Astronomy Author
December 2023
Christmas Public Lecture
Monday December 11
“The Science of Santa Claus”
By Dr. Steve Barrett, University of Liverpool
November 2023
Science Week Public Lecture
“The Universe”
David Moore talks in Mayo Congregation | Reality | Unconference | Mind Mesh
Saturday November 25
Science Week Public Lecture
“The Universe”
David Moore talks in Mayo Congregation | Reality | Unconference | Mind Mesh
Saturday November 25
Science Week Public Lecture
Monday November 13
“Meteorites”
By Dr. Ian Sanders TCD Geology Department
October 2023
Public Lecture
Monday October 9
Robots in Space
By Dr Elizabeth Pearson, News Editor for BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
September 2023
Star-B-Q 2023
September 9
Book early to avoid disapointment!!
Great food, lectures, stands, telescopes and dark skies.
Public Lecture
Monday September 11
Astrobiology and the search for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures.
By Dr Sean McMahon (University of Edinburgh)
August 2023
Public Lecture
Monday August 14
“The Beginning of Everything“
by Dr. Steve Barrett, Physics Dept. (University of Liverpool)
July 2023
Public Lecture Monday July 10
Searching for Dark Matter
By Professor Dan Tovey (University of Sheffield)
June 2023
MAY 2023
Public Lecture
Monday 8th May
We’re going to Mars -bar the shouting!
By Dr Martin Braddock, FRAS. Working in the field of Space Medicine.
APRIL 2023
Public Lecture
Monday 10th April
“The End of Everything”
by Dr. Steve Barrett, Physics Dept., University of Liverpool.
March 2023
PUBLIC LECTURE To Celebrate Irish Astronomy Week
Monday 20th March *Note Date Change!
“Is the Hubble Constant a Constant”
By Dr. Eoin OColgain, Atlantic Technological University Sligo
February 2023
Monday 13th February
“Last Horizons: The Edge of the Solar System”
By Dr. Steph Merritt, Astrophysics Research Centre QUB.
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Beginners Evening Classes
Ever popular so book earlier so as not to be disappointed!
January 2023
NEW YEAR LECTURE
Monday 9th January
New Eyes on the Universe: The James Webb Telescope
By Dr. Henrik Melin, STFC James Webb Fellow, Leicester University.
December 2022
Christmas Lecture 12th of December
“The Star of Bethlehem”
By Dr. Steve Barrett of Department of Physics University of Liverpool.
A light hearted look at astronomical canditates for the Star of Bethlehem
November 2022
AS PART OF SCIENCE WEEK
November 14th Public Lecture
“The Science of Star Wars”
By Professor Martin Hendry of Glasgow University
A look at what is fiction and what is fact!!
October 2022
Tuesday October 25th
Partial Solar Eclipse
Email your images to us at magazine@astronomy.ie for your chance to be featured in our magazines special eclipse report.
Monday 10th Public Lecture
“Ten ways the Universe tries to kill you”
by Stephen Tonkin, Author and Astronomy Communicator
September 2022
Monday 12th Public Lecture
“The Spaceguard Centre”
by Jay Tate Principal Spaceguard
Examining the threat posed by objects from outer space
August 2022
Nationwide Perseid Watch
All from the comfort of your own home
Night of 12th and into the 13th August
No specialist equipment needed just your eyes.
Monday 18th July Public Lecture *Note date change*
James Webb Space Telescope – First Results Update
By Dr. Patrick Kavanagh, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies
Celebrate World Asteroid Day FREE LECTURE June 30th
“Near-Earth Asteroids or why Dinosaurs Should Have Learned Physics”
By Dr. Carrie Nugent of Olin College of Engineering, USA