News & Articles
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Mon 13th April 2026 – life on the solar sytem’s icy moons?
Read more: Mon 13th April 2026 – life on the solar sytem’s icy moons?Are we alone in the universe? May an answer lurk under the ice on some of Jupiter’s moons? Explore the possibilities with Hans Huybrighs (small image) who calls his talk…
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Irish Astronomy Week – 20-28 March 2026
Read more: Irish Astronomy Week – 20-28 March 2026Three presentations by Club members as part of Irish Astronomy Week:- Sara Harvey — “Our Galaxy and Beyond – Deep Space Photography” Sat 21-03-2026 @ 03:00 PM, in Cork City…
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Mon 9th March 2026 – “The Universe through the quotes of Carl Sagan”
Read more: Mon 9th March 2026 – “The Universe through the quotes of Carl Sagan”Carl Edward Sagan (1934 –1996) holds a special place in the pantheon of science communicators. He was an American astronomer and planetary scientist, held professorships at Harvard and Cornell, and is remembered for co-writing and narrating…
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Mon 9th Feb 2026 – ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope: its current state and future promise
Read more: Mon 9th Feb 2026 – ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope: its current state and future promiseThe European Southern Observatory (ESO) is building the imaginatively named Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones, a mountain at an altitude of 3,046 metres in the central part of Chile’s…
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Celestial Echoes: The Night Sky in Irish Folklore – a lecture by Seán Mac an tSíthigh
Read more: Celestial Echoes: The Night Sky in Irish Folklore – a lecture by Seán Mac an tSíthighIn this Public Lecture to Cork Astronomy Club, Seán Mac an tSíthigh outlines his research on the manuscripts of the Irish Folklore Commission, collected between the 1930s and 1960s. Amongst the…
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Mon 12th Jan 2026 – “How to take a picture of an exoplanet”
Read more: Mon 12th Jan 2026 – “How to take a picture of an exoplanet”Exoplanets are planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. Over 6,000 exoplanets are known, but only a small handful of them have been directly imaged. Taking these photos pushes the…
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Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells ‘Spiraling’ Apep, Limits Long Orbit
Read more: Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells ‘Spiraling’ Apep, Limits Long OrbitNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding beyond the next…
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Is it a comet? An alien ship? Nope! Just an interstellar visitor (and a great chance to learn!)
Read more: Is it a comet? An alien ship? Nope! Just an interstellar visitor (and a great chance to learn!)Right! You’ve probably noticed that over the past few weeks, the newly detected object 3I Atlas has set social media on fire. Imaginative theories, conspiracy chatter and outright misinformation have…
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Mon 10th Nov – Phosphine chemistry and the search for life (public lecture)
Read more: Mon 10th Nov – Phosphine chemistry and the search for life (public lecture)Claims that signs of life have been detected in the universe have so far proved erroneous — but November’s speaker, Dr Samuel Beiler (pictured below), will focus on the careful…
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New members morning Saturday 18th Oct
Read more: New members morning Saturday 18th OctThere’s an invitation to tea and scones at Tory Top Library on Saturday 18th October, from 11 to 1. This is our annual new members morning, making now a good…
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“Photometry, a means to peak at the universe”- 13th Oct 2025
Read more: “Photometry, a means to peak at the universe”- 13th Oct 2025October’s public lecture will be delivered by Alan Giltinan, the title: “Photometry, a means to peak at the universe”. Photometry is a technique used in astronomy that is concerned with measuring…
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“THEY SAY IT MIGHT RAIN – The Highs and Lows of Ireland’s Weather and Climate” – 8th Sept 2025
Read more: “THEY SAY IT MIGHT RAIN – The Highs and Lows of Ireland’s Weather and Climate” – 8th Sept 2025What’s even more important to Irish amateur astronomers than if Jupiter’s moons are all in a row? The weather! Meteorologists Evelyn Cusack and Séamus Walsh will open our new season of…