After a two year absence, Cork Astronomy Club is back at University College Cork, and on 9th May we heard from two Club members about Birr Castle in the 19th Century and the Leviathan telescope. Built by the 3rd Earl of Rosse in 1845, this was for over 70 years the largest telescope in the world.
This lecture was in preparation for a Club members outing to Birr in June.
We used lecture theatre 1 in the Boole basement. We chose this mindful that our old room in the Civil Engineering building was sometimes full to its capacity of 100, and that some of our members and guests will be cautious about attending a crowded meeting. Boole 1 has more than twice the capacity of our old room. The Boole basement entrance is about 70 m north of the Civil Engineering building, see directions.
