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We are always delighted to be asked to participate in any of the Galway Science events with 2010/11 being no exception with stands at the Sea2 ky event at Leisureland, The Science Funday at the Atlantaquarium and the Galway Science and Technology Festival at NUI Galway. Interest as always was good at the stands and were non stop day of questions & answers with many new members signing up. 


Public and club observing nights are central to our club activities. These usually take place from September to April when the sky is dark enough. Public events are normally held on the "Prom" in Salthill and is an excellent place with wide views over Galway Bay looking south.

They are also held around the time major astronomical events that are well publicised in the media such as Lunar Eclipses, Conjunctions Of Planets, Comets, Mars and the 2009 celebration of International Year of Astronomy.


Some other gatherings have included the rare Partial Solar Eclipse of 1999 or the Venus Transit in 2004 (centre photo). On these nights out we hand out starcharts and explain thefeatures on the Moon, Planets and whats to see in the constellations.

 

 

 

Would you like us to visit your school, Club, scouts group or Society? We can cater for any size grouping of any age. There is no charge and the club will give a talk on astronomy and the general night sky with observing afterwards weather permitting. We also have a Child Protection Policy.


Only in the case where the talk is outside the county may we require a small fee for travel costs.  In the past we found it usefull to run a talk around the time in the month that the Moon is in the evening sky as it is always a huge attraction for to the younger generation.





The Following is a list of Talks that have been put together by committee member Philip Walsh and available upon request

  • NASA's Greatest Missions
  • What is Astronomy?
  • Telescopes
  • Galileo
  • The Solar System
  • The Inner Planets
  • The Outer Planets
  • The Moon
  • The Sun
  • Why is the night sky dark? (Not on Powerpoint)
  • Stars
  • Galaxies
  • Nebulae
  • Is there intelligent life out there?
  • Cosmology
  • Solar System Highlights



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