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The following clubs are part of the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies (IFAS) that is an umbrella group comprising most of the National and Regional Astronomical Societies on the Island of Ireland. IFAS was formed in October 1999 to provide mutual benefit and co-operation for almost all Irish astronomical clubs and societies on the Island of Ireland, north and south.
Telescopes and accessories
The Planetary Society in Ireland This is a space exploration outreach organisation set up by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman in 1980 New interesting site by GAC member Trevor Durity
Other interesting links http://www.nightskyhunter.com/ Galleries of noctilucent clouds, atmospheric phenomena, comets, and the moon with information on equipment used. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescopes. Collections include pictures from the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, as well as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
Distant Suns brings the power of a million dollar planetarium to your desktop. Containing a database of over 16 million stars, you will be able to peer deep into the universe, even beyond that a large telescope
Sky & Telescope, the Essential Magazine of Astronomy. News, observing tips, how-
Home of serious Irish Astrophotography on the web
http://www.kingslandobservatory.com
Kingsland Observatory MPC J62 is located in Kingsland, County Roscommon and is the largest private observatory in Ireland. It is mainly involved in survey work for Kuiper Belt objects at high latitudes. There are two telescopes available that can be remotely accessed by astronomers a 36-inch (0.9m) Wynne-Newtonian, the largest of its kind in Ireland and a 6-inch (0.4m) Schmidt Cassegrain.
A great site including a free 48hour astronomy forecast.
 UK and Irish satellite imagery updated every 15 minutesThese are a set of free, downloadable and high-quality star charts -- the Mag-7 Star Atlas -- capable of being printed at reasonable resolutions on the average home printer.
This is NASA's official eclipse Web site. It contains maps and tables for 7000 years of eclipses
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