News & Articles
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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…
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Newts, Cats, Specs and OGs – a lecture by Terry Moseley
Read more: Newts, Cats, Specs and OGs – a lecture by Terry MoseleyIn this Public Lecture to Cork Astronomy Club, renowned amateur astronomer Terry Moseley takes us on a whirlwind tour through the history of the astronomical telescope. Terry covers its origin…
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Lecture
Read more: Astronomy Picture of the Day LectureEach 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…
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Sputnik and a receding Moon – 12th May 2025
Read more: Sputnik and a receding Moon – 12th May 2025Monday next (12th May) is our final public lecture of the current season, and it’s designated Members Night. We shall have two short presentations from Club members Karl Grabe and…