Peter Household
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For our first public lecture of 2024, Prof Paul Callanan told us about the astronomy of the medieval Irish monks, a topic that interests him and he has researched. Paul is Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UCC, and an honorary life member of Cork Astronomy Club. Main picture shows Prof Callanan at UCC’s Crawford Observatory. Below, Skellig Islands, home to… “read more”
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An outing to Spain is being planned to witness a total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026. The pale blue line on the map shows the path of totality. This is one of the closest total eclipses to Ireland in a while, and Cork Astronomy Club will be organising a trip lasting about three days to view it. There is,… “read more”
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The story of our Universe has been unfolding for 13.7 billion years, but the pages of this story have only been accessible to us for the last 59 years. On 9th October 2023, UCC’s Dr Mark Kennedy succeeded in getting through 13.7 billion years of history in 50 minutes (at a whooping pace of 274 million years per minute!) and… “read more”
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Cork Astronomy Club monthly lectures are open to all, and visitors are welcome. Lectures are held at 8 pm in the Ashley Cummins Building at UCC (formerly known as Civil Engineering). Visitors who would like reminders should sign up for our monthly guest bulletin. Monthly meetings include a briefing on what to look for in the sky this month, as well… “read more”
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A Cork Astronomy Club public lecture held in UCC’s Civil Engineering (Ashley Cummins) Building Not all astronomy is done with a telescope. Large-scale computer simulations, run with the help of high performance computing facilities around the world, provide a unique view of the cosmos as well as crucial theoretical predictions that inform astronomical observations. Dr Tremmel, a lecturer in UCC’s… “read more”