Post by galwayastroclub on Dec 16, 2012 0:24:22 GMT
Hello again, we have a very packed program for our 10th annual Starparty and 15th anniversary of the club in Galway on February 2nd 2013, some speakers you have heard before with new talks, so hopefully we will see some friendly faces from the IAA again.
"Ireland: The Final Frontier" is the theme for the 10th annual Galway Astronomy Festival which takes place on February 2nd at the Westwood House Hotel on the western suburbs of Galway City. This year our emphasis is on Irish Academic and Amateur astronomers who are involved in cutting edge scientific research from that range from powerful space telescopes to backyard observatories, but all gaining equally impressive results. Also in this years program is a remembarence talk to the late and great Sir Patrick Moore who died very recently. For this we have put together seven interesting lectures that will be spaced over the day, along a workshop and trade stands and the usual visit for new attendees to the robotic NUI Galway Observatory, to cap off the evening the usual top class dinner of the Westwood Hotel followed by our closing talk. .
Launch by Professor Michael Redfern
(Morning Session)
Dr. Andrew Shearer (President of the Centre for Astronomy, NUI Galway) "Kepler: The Search for Habitable Planets"
John Flannery: (South Dublin AS) “What makes a Great Comet?â€
Dave Gradwell: “OSCAR: A Unique Irish Solar Observatoryâ€
www.surfingthesun.com
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Ronan Newman: (Galway Astronomy Club) Optional Lunchtime Workshop:
“Celestial Light: Catching the elusive Aurora Borealis from Irelandâ€
www.facebook.com/CelestialLightIrishAuroraHuntersHomepage
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(Afternoon Session)
Prof. Tom Ray: (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies) “Making Stars and Planets: The First Three Billion Yearsâ€
Dave Grennan: “Hunting Extra-Galactic Supernovae from Irelandâ€
www.webtreatz.com
Professor Lorraine O’Hanlon (UCD): "The Gloria Project: The Future of Virtual E-science Telescopes†gloria-project.eu/en/
After Dinner Talk
Terry Moseley (IAA): Untold Stories of Sir Patrick Moore FRAS
Entry only €20
Hope to see you there, full information along with details of our very busy club schedule is available at www.galwayastronomyclub.ie
Thanks For Reading
Ronan Newman
Secretary
Galway Astronomy Club
"Ireland: The Final Frontier" is the theme for the 10th annual Galway Astronomy Festival which takes place on February 2nd at the Westwood House Hotel on the western suburbs of Galway City. This year our emphasis is on Irish Academic and Amateur astronomers who are involved in cutting edge scientific research from that range from powerful space telescopes to backyard observatories, but all gaining equally impressive results. Also in this years program is a remembarence talk to the late and great Sir Patrick Moore who died very recently. For this we have put together seven interesting lectures that will be spaced over the day, along a workshop and trade stands and the usual visit for new attendees to the robotic NUI Galway Observatory, to cap off the evening the usual top class dinner of the Westwood Hotel followed by our closing talk. .
Launch by Professor Michael Redfern
(Morning Session)
Dr. Andrew Shearer (President of the Centre for Astronomy, NUI Galway) "Kepler: The Search for Habitable Planets"
John Flannery: (South Dublin AS) “What makes a Great Comet?â€
Dave Gradwell: “OSCAR: A Unique Irish Solar Observatoryâ€
www.surfingthesun.com
------------------------------------------------
Ronan Newman: (Galway Astronomy Club) Optional Lunchtime Workshop:
“Celestial Light: Catching the elusive Aurora Borealis from Irelandâ€
www.facebook.com/CelestialLightIrishAuroraHuntersHomepage
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(Afternoon Session)
Prof. Tom Ray: (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies) “Making Stars and Planets: The First Three Billion Yearsâ€
Dave Grennan: “Hunting Extra-Galactic Supernovae from Irelandâ€
www.webtreatz.com
Professor Lorraine O’Hanlon (UCD): "The Gloria Project: The Future of Virtual E-science Telescopes†gloria-project.eu/en/
After Dinner Talk
Terry Moseley (IAA): Untold Stories of Sir Patrick Moore FRAS
Entry only €20
Hope to see you there, full information along with details of our very busy club schedule is available at www.galwayastronomyclub.ie
Thanks For Reading
Ronan Newman
Secretary
Galway Astronomy Club