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Meeting Archive 2003- Present
January 10th 2011 "Galileo and the Copernican Revolution" 1. "The Creation Pt.2/Supernova 1987A" Speaker: Professor Dick Butler, NUI Galway: March 14th "The Extreme High Energy Universe" Speaker: Dr Mark Lang, Centre for Astronomy, Senior Lecturer and April 4th: "Irish Rocketry: An Uplifting Hobby", Speaker: Eric Stenzel, Irish Rocketry Society May 2nd: "Astronomy 3-D", Speaker: Dr Brian Epsey, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin June 6th: AGM, "Amateur Astronomy in the Andes Mountains" Speaker Jan Kotek September 5th: "Emerald Isle, Emerald Stars"John Flannery of the South Dublin Astronomical Society October 3rd: "Is there Intelligent Life out there??" Terry Moseley of the Irish Astronomical Association November 7th: "Taking a Measure of the Universe" Dr Nicholas Devaney, Centre for Astronomy, NUIG November 16th: Public Lecture at NUI Galway “Mars Science Laboratory: In Search of Origins" Kevin Nolan of the Planetary Society December 5th: "A Beginners Guide to Astrophotography", Frank Ryan Jr SAC
2010 February 1st AGM & Ronan Newman GAC: "Columbia: Countdown to Disaster" February 12th-13th Galway Astronomy Festival 2010 Philip Walsh GAC: "The Drake Equation" Professor Paul Mohr: "Cassini, Meridani, nodding Ecliptic" Saturday February 13th Dr Aaron Golden NUI Galway: “Has Earth Contaminated the Solar System? -the Case for Life on Mars” Brian Harvey: “The Asian Space Race” Dr Don Pollacco, Queen’s University Belfast: "Super WASP — The Hunt for the Earth Analogue” March 1st : Speaker Martin Byrne "The Hill of the Moon and the Speckled Mountain" He has a large website devoted to Astroarchaeology, maegalithic art and mythology Martin gave a very impressive talk on megalithic sites with astronomical alignments to the North Star, the midwinter Lunar standstill and the mid-winter solstice in counties Meath, Mayo and Sligo. With a special focus on Ireland's largest group of monuments at Carrowmore 3km south of Sligo town. Here lies the remains of 60 boulder circles with Dolmen structures and have been identified as one of the largest and oldest group of ancient monuments in western Europe. April 5th: Dr Matt Redman Centre for Astronomy, NUIG "The Birth of Stars" May 3rd Dr Peter Gallagher Triniity College Dublin: "The Sun-Earh Connection in 3D" Our May 3rd Meeting was a brilliant success with over 40 members pf the public coming along to hear Dr Peter Gallahger talk about the Sun-Earth Connection in 3-D.His talk was then complemented by at short talk and slide show and amateur astrophotographer Dave Gradwell with some of his amazing images of the Sun.
June 14th Kevin Lawlor Kerry Astronomy Club: "The Kennedy Space Centre" September 6th: Mr Seanie Morris, Midlands Astronomy Club: "The Hubble Space Telescope : History still in the making" October 4th :Peter Household, “Is the Universe a Machine for Producing Life?” November 1st: “A Beginners Guide to Cosmology: The Science of Everything” Dr Ian Mclaren, Centre for Astronomy, NUI Galway
2009
January 30th -31st Galway Astronomy Festival Prof Mike Redfern, NUI Galway: "The International Year of Astronomy"
Robert Hensey NUIG: "5000 Years of Ritual Astronomy and Archaeology: Cosmology in Prehistoric Ireland'
…………………………………………………………………….. Dr Patrick Browne NUIG: "Celestial Mechanics" Feb 23rd : Professor Tom Ray DIAS: The James Webb Space Telescope" March 30th Dave Lillis SAC: “A Siberian Total Eclipse” April 27th Kevin Nolan: "Mars a Cosmic Stepping stone" May 25th Leon Harding NUIG “The Search for Brown Dwarfs” June 29th Philip Walsh GAC: “The Drake Equation"
Sept 28th Eamonn Asbro, Kingsland Observatory: "SETV (Search for Extraterrestrial Visitations)" Oct 26th Mathew Parkes National Museaum: “Mad about Meteorites”
Over 40 people packed out our October 2009 meeting amidst the buzz surrounding the amazing meteorite from Mars. Dr Matthew Parkes from the National Museum of Ireland began his talk with an overview of meteorite falls around the world, and passed around pieces of space rock among the guests. People were taken aback by the weight of the metallic fragments, some noting that it seemed much heavier than iron found on Earth. One such fragment - part of the meteorite that created the famous Meteor Crater in Arizona - had a beautiful shining cross section that was a source of wonder for everyone that saw it.Dr Parkes summarised the meteorite finds and falls in Ireland, including one that smashed through the roof of an RUC barracks in Northern Ireland in 1969, and one that fell in Carlow in 1999. Following this, Dr Parkes explained how rocks from other planets make their way across space to Earth: they are the result of an asteroid or comet ramming into the surface of Mars, blowing rock fragments into space and in the direction of our own planet. A very enthralled crowd of people stayed around afterwards to get another closer look at the meteorites and rocks from Mars, the Moon, and beyond.
Nov 30th Seanie Morris TAS: “The Moon, A beginners Guide” Nov 28th Philip Walsh GAC: “Telescopes old and New”
2008
January 21st: AGM/Solarmax DVD January 25-26: Galway Astronomy Festival and European Southern Observatory (ESO) Exhibition Dr Mark Lang NUIG :” Exploring the High Energy Universe with VERITAS" Telescope building workshop with Michael O’Connell www.astroshot.com Dr Simon Green UCL: “Stardust: A New View of Comets?” Dr Matt Redman: "Is Pluto a Planet?" Dr Nicholas Devaney NUIG: “Detecting Extra solar planets with Giant Telescopes" Ronan Newman GAC: "Gallileo A Jovian Oddessy"
February 25th Tony O’Hanlon SAC “Living in a Local Bubble” March 31st Dr Ray Butler “Where is Wally: Searching for special Stars in a crowded Starfield” April 28th Terry Moseley IAA “What, Where, When of Irish Astronomy” May 28th Kevin Lawlor KAS: “Observing Down Under in Southern Skies” June 30th Dave Grennan "Digital Deep Sky Astrophotography" September 29th Dr John Mc Donald NUIG: “The Fascinating Universe, probing Pulsars & Plasma” October 27th Prof Dick Butler, Retired NUIG “Iapatus & the Black Stuff, Strange stories from Saturn” Nov 27th Prof Paul Mohr: Naked Eye Astronomy, What the Greeks saw and knew that most of us don’t pt 2”
2007
January 27 Galway Astronomy Festival Dr. Lucie Green UCL: “Living in the Sun’s Atmosphere” Professor Chris Dainty NUIG: “Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes”
Dr. Aaron Golden NUIG: “Observing in the Twilight Zone at the Sub-Stellar Boundary: Are Brown Dwarfs Stars, Pulsars or Planets?”
Professor Richard Butler NUIG: “Clues to the Origins of Life on Earth from Meteorites and Titan”
Digital Astrophotography workshop with Dave Grennan & Jed Glover www.webtreatz.com
February 26th Dave Mc Donald, KAS: “Amateur Astronomy” March 26th Dr Peter Gallagher TCD: “Space weather & Sunspots”
Patrick Browne was at the time a PhD student in the School of Mathematics at NUI Galway. He has a BSc in Mathematical physics and has interests in both amateur astronomy and the mathematical models of observable phenomenon.
May 28th Anthony Murphy, Mythical Ireland: “Astronomy in the Neolithic Age” June 28th Hubble DVD Sept 24th Alistair McKinstry (NUIG): “Strange worlds beyond our Solar System” October 29th Dr Emma Whealen, DIAS “The Birth of the Stars and Planets" Nov 26th Prof Paul Mohr “Naked Eye Astronomy, What the Greeks saw and knew that most of us don’t pt 1
2006 January 28th Connaught Star Party Dr Mary Bruck, Edinburgh University RIP: “Irish Wives in Two famous Astronomical Partnerships” Leo Enright, RTE Space Correspondent: “Mars 3-D” Dr Paul Roche, Cardiff University: “Robotic Telescopes of the 21st Century, bringing the Universe into the Classroom”
Dr Sean O’Donnell: “William Rowan Hamilton, a reluctant Astronomer”
May 29th Tony O’Hanlon SAC: “The Virgo Cluster: A Stepping stone to Infinity” June 26th Ronan Newman GAC: “The Galileo Mission to Jupiter” July 24th Eamonn Asbro, Kingsland Observatory: "The Kupier Belt Objects and a 10th Planet” August 28th John Flannery SDAS: “The Story of Sunspots” September 25th Dr Andy Shearer NUIG: “Space: 15 Years of Discovery” October 30th Dr Mark Bailey AO: “The Origin of Comets and the Oort Cloud” Nov 27th Dr Nicholas Devaney NUIG: “Adaptive Optics Systems at the 10.4 metre GTC Telescope”
2005 January 29th Connaught Starparty Professor Barry Jones, Open University UK: “Planets and Life beyond the Solar System” April 25th Dr Sean Tobin "Time" May 30th Prof Mike Redfern NUIG: "Einstein Year" June 27th Prof Sean Tobin NUIG "The Music of the Spheres and all that Jazz" July 25th John Flannery SDAS: "A Decade of Wonder" August 29th Dave Lillis SAC: "How to Photograph the Stars" Sept 26th Dr Mark Lang NUIG: "Gamma Ray Astronomy" October 24th Prof Chris Dainty NUIG: "Optical Systems on the Worlds Largest Telescopes" November 28th Prof Dick Bulter NUIG: "The Enigma of Life On Earth"
2004 January 24th 1st Connaught Starparty Dr. Robert Lambourne Open University UK: "The New Universe"
Prof. Michael Redfern, NUIG:"Black Holes"
Dr. Andrew Shearer: NUIG:"The Crab Nebula"
Prof. Paul Mohr: Emeritus Professor, NUIG:"A Feisty Tuam Amateur Astronomer in Exciting Times"
2003 January 28th Annual AGM February 24th Radio Astronomy - Arron Golden NUIG March 31st Computers in Astronomy- Ronan Newman GAC April 28th Aliens, Where Are They? - Terry Mossely IAA May 26th John Birmingham (19th century Galway Astronomer) - Paul Mohr NUIG June 23rd Newgrange & the Stars Above - Etienne Rynne NUIG July 21st A Universe Fit for Life - David Bell Shannonside Astronomy Club August 25th The Changing Views of Mars- 45 minute Film by Society For Popular Astronomy September 22nd Showed Recording of talk by Stephen Hawking at NUIG October 20th Astronomy & Lighthouse Technology- Marcus Woerner NUIG November 24th Solar Storm Slide Show- Ronan Newman GAC Other Activities 2003:
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April 30th Dr Patrick Browne NUIG: “Celestial Mechanics”