Public Lectures
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Each day NASA selects what it thinks the best astronomy image and publishes it on its website. Professor Robert J. Nemiroff heads up the selection team and he will be attending the European Astronomy Society annual meeting in UCC in June. Robert has very kindly offered us a lecture on APOD which will take place in Boole 4, UCC, on… “read more”
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Prof Paul Callanan will give a public lecture with the mysterious title of the “The Third Test”. (Don’t ask us because we don’t know either—you’ll have to come along to see for yourself.) Paul is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UCC and an honorary member of Cork Astronomy Club, and we are delighted to welcome him back for this… “read more”
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Where did all of the hydrogen in the Universe come from? Why is lithium such a rare element? What’s the connection between the date August 17th, 2017 and the iodine in your thyroid? Join Dr. Mark Kennedy as he answers these questions and more, through an astronomer’s view of the periodic table of the elements. Dr Mark Kennedy lecturers in… “read more”
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Many thanks to Sean Mac an tSithigh for his magnificent presentation “Celestial Echoes: The Night Sky in Irish Folklore” on 11th November. The event drew a packed house of over 80, and seldom has a talk generated so much excitement. The good news is the event was recorded and will be available in the near future on our YouTube channel.… “read more”
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On 20th May our Club welcomed William O’Mullane (small photo), all the way from Chile’s Rubin Observatory, who talked to us about this new observatory. The opportunities it presents for citizen science were explored over a Zoom hook-up with a colleague from Chile. This was a Cork Astronomy Club public lecture. A recent article in the Guardian says this state-of-the-art… “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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Not all science is done by scientists. Amateur astronomers have made significant contributions to measuring light pollution and identifying best and worst localities, yielding results that sometimes contradict satellite data. The science of Jupiter’s atmosphere has advanced as far as it has in large part by professional scientists having access to images uploaded by amateur observers to special websites. Outreach… “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 Ashley Cummins Building on Mon 8 May 2023 Eddie Lyons ─ “Exploring Jupiter: Past, Present, Future” Dan McLoughlin ─ “3-D printing: how does it work, what can it do for amateur astronomy?” Geoffrey Eastaway ─ “Uni-verse: Poetry and astronomy” Left to right: Geoffrey, Eddie, Dan This was “Members Night”. At the… “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”