Peter Household
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Main image is a light pollution map of Counties Cork and Kerry and part of Waterford and Tipperary. More light pollution maps available here. The link enables one to select various maps, including the satellite observations (called VIIRS in the overlay ─ see menu at top right hand corner). Prof Brian Espey (photo) cautions that these should be taken with… “read more”
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Club members Paul and Simone were in Dallas Texas on Monday 8th April to witness the total solar eclipse when for a few minutes the Moon hid the Sun. Messages going back and forth on the Club’s WhatsApp group. At 8.30pm last night Irish time, 2.30pm CDT for Dallas, Paul posted in WhatsApp “Thank you all for the support. I… “read more”
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Image credeit: Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz The diagramme shows Earth at an equinox. The terminator (twilight zone dividing the daylit and night sides of a planetary body) runs through the two poles. What it is ─ The March (or vernal) equinox marks the Sun’s crossing above the Earth’s equator, moving from south to north. It marks the beginning of spring in the… “read more”
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Try viewing the Moon just after First Quarter, from 18th March, and see if you can find Plato Crater to the north of Mare Imbrium (small image, marked in red). This crater has an astonishingly smooth, dark floor within an even and circular crater ring. At 109 kilometres across, you’ll be able to spot this one with binoculars as well… “read more”
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A nova named T Coronae Borealis lit up the night about 80 years ago, and astronomers expect it to put on another show this year. If you keep a close eye on the night sky in the coming weeks and months, you may spot a new star. It will shine as bright as Polaris, the North Star, for up to… “read more”
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“Fighting to improve Ireland’s night skies” is the title of our next public lecture and the speaker will be Brian Espey, Associate Professor of Physics, Trinity College Dublin. It’s on Monday 15th April at 8 pm in UCC’s Ashley Cummins building. If you’re not already a member, this will be a good place to weigh us up, and to join… “read more”
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A Planisphere is a star chart in the form of two adjustable plastic or card disks which can display the visible stars for any time and date. Build your own with Andrea Lane in Midleton Library on 9th March 2024, at 3 p.m. This event is for young stargazers aged 12-17. To book a place, phone 021 4613929 and ask… “read more”
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Calendar produced by John Flannery of Irish Astronomical Society. Available online free as a 2.5Mb pdf download “read more”
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all lectures Mondays Autumn 2023 September 11 – “Be a citizen scientist – How amateur astronomers contribute to science”, Frances McCarthy, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Education and Outreach Officer, Blackrock Castle Observatory October 9 – “There and back again: A Universe’s tale”, Dr Mark Kennedy, Lecturer, UCC’s School of Physics November 13 – “Studying the Dawn of Galaxy Formation: New Insights… “read more”
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Got a telescope but not sure how to set it up or use it ? Bring it to us ! Get free expert advice ! Sat 17th Feb 2024, 11-1, at Tory Top Library Cork Astronomy Club includes many expert observers who will be on hand to advise on the setting up and use of a telescope. We are aware that… “read more”