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November 2019
Space Weather
Solar scientist Sophie Murray will talk about how the Sun affects the Earth and could catastrophically impact on our satellites and electronics.
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Observers’ Group Toy Show
Members only. Christmas jumpers mandatory At Dan Sheahan's Bar
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The Eclyptic
Members only By Tony Jackson Understanding the Ecliptic. The Ecliptic is the imaginary orbit in the sky that marks the apparent annual path of the sun on the celestial sphere with the Earth as the reference frame. Understanding this momentum explains what and when we see the various objects in the night sky. Workshop schedule page
Find out more »December 2019
Cork Astronomy Club Christmas Party
Drinks reception with mulled wine from 7pm Food serving from 8pm
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Rocketry
Tony Jackson, Membership Secretary Members only. Tony Jackson will cover a brief history of rocketry and look at the different kinds of rockets currently in use.
Find out more »Back to the Future: Celestial Navigation for Ocean Positioning
For our January lecture, Master Mariner and nautical science lecturer Bill Kavanagh will explain how traditional methods were used to obtain a ship’s position by observing astronomical objects, and how such methods are being used again today in an era of global navigation satellite systems. Bill is a committee member of Cork Astronomy Club. Captain Bill Kavanagh MA, FNI to give him his full title, lectures in the National Maritime College of Ireland at Ringskiddy. After a 20-year career at…
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Observers Group Meeting
Members only. The Observers Group meets once per month with the intention of spending 2 -3 hours observing the skies with a range of optical instruments or just viewing the heavens with our own eyes. Experienced members bring their telescopes and binoculars and willingly share the experience with newer members. The night starts with a half hour presentation (in the Dan's Bar) outlining what can be seen in the night sky followed by viewing in a farmer's field at the…
Find out more »Stellarium (1)
Tony Jackson, Membership Secretary Stellarium is software that allows people to use their home computer as a virtual planetarium. It calculates the positions of the Sun and Moon, planets, stars qnd lots more and draws how the sky would look to an observer depending on their location and the time. Tony Jackson, who is a member of the club's committee, is a past master at using this software and this is the first of two presentations he will be making…
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Peter will email venue nearer the date
Find out more »February 2020
The mysteries of Black Holes, large and small
Prof Paul Callanan, UCC For our February lecture, UCC Professor of Physics and Astronomy Dr Paul Callanan will talk about those mysterious objects so fundamental to astronomy, black holes. Please arrive 10 minutes early, or if you wish to join, then ideally at 7.40 if you can. Understanding the nature of black holes remains one of the great challenges of modern astronomy. More than 100 years ago, Einstein produced a remarkable theory which could be used predict the basic…
Find out more »Stellarium (2)
Tony Jackson, Membership Secretary Stellarium is software that allows people to use their home computer as a virtual planetarium. It calculates the positions of the Sun and Moon, planets, stars qnd lots more and draws how the sky would look to an observer depending on their location and the time. Tony Jackson, who is a member of the club's committee, is a past master at using this software and this is the second of two presentations he will be making…
Find out more »Observers Group Meeting (members only)
Members only. The Observers Group meets once per month with the intention of spending 2 -3 hours observing the skies with a range of optical instruments or just viewing the heavens with our own eyes. Experienced members bring their telescopes and binoculars and willingly share the experience with newer members. The night starts with a half hour presentation (in the Club Bar) outlining what can be seen in the night sky followed by viewing in a farmer’s field; near Ovens…
Find out more »March 2020
Image Processing – Cancelled due to Corona Virus Measures
Please note these workshops are not open to the public and are confined to club members only. To ask about joining, email info@corkastronomyclub.com or ring Lynda 087-2321706
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Members only. The Observers Group meets once per month with the intention of spending 2 -3 hours observing the skies with a range of optical instruments or just viewing the heavens with our own eyes. Experienced members bring their telescopes and binoculars and willingly share the experience with newer members. The night starts with a half hour presentation outlining what can be seen in the night sky followed by viewing in a farmer's field at the top of the hill…
Find out more »April 2020
“Ireland’s Place in Space”
For our April lecture, ESA engineer Con McCarthy will describe the parts played by Irish companies ─ especially the local ones ─ in designing systems for and providing services to the European Space Agency View Post for more detail http://corkastronomyclub.com/“ireland’s-place-in-space”---mon-6-apr-2020,-8pm/(opens in a new tab)
Find out more »Observers Group Meeting – switched to online. see newsletter
Members only. This is the last meeting of the 2019/20 Season. The Observers Group meets once per month with the intention of spending 2 -3 hours observing the skies with a range of optical instruments or just viewing the heavens with our own eyes. Experienced members bring their telescopes and binoculars and willingly share the experience with newer members. The night starts with a half hour presentation (in the Dan's Bar) outlining what can be seen in the night sky…
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May 2020
Executive Committee Meeting (on-line using Zoom)
This week a conference call online for committee members - by invitation only.
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