Skelligs Star Party 2015, August 14th to 16th Ballinskelligs

Thanks to the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve we are happy to announce that Nick Howes will be our guest speaker at SSP 2015.. Here is bit of information about Mr Nick Howes...

Nick Howes is an astronomer at the Kielder Observatory in the UK, as well as a freelance science writer whose work has included science writer for the European Space Agencies Science Portal and NASA Blueshift.

A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, he has written for Astronomy U.S, Sky and Telescope, Popular Astronomy and many other publications and websites, including major work for the world's largest telescope project, the Square Kilometre Array.

His images of comets and asteroids have graced the NASA home pages on multiple occasions. and have won awards and been featured by the like of National Geographic,The Times of London, Universe Today, Space.com, Financial Times and Discovery Channel Science as well as multiple books and peer reviewed journals.

Formerly the Pro-Am Programme Manager for the twin 2-metre Faulkes Telescopes, where he coordinated projects with the European Space Agency on their near Earth object program, ESO on massive star cluster observations and NASA's CIOC as well as projects with the U.S based Space Science and Planetary Science Institutes monitoring a range of comets.

Currently Nick is also working as a research associate with the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff on their LARI program, the 2-metre Liverpool Telescope in La Palma on cometary observations and the Italian CARA comet research group on dust measurements for cometary bodies.

Nick has over 400 NASA ADS citations for observational work on comets and asteroids, and is in the Guinness Book of records for leading a team of UK Astronomers in creating the World's largest image composite of the Moon taken by ground based observations.

A STEM ambassador in the UK, he has appeared on both BBC television and radio and he regularly features as the official astronomer for the BBC in the South West of England. He is also the tour leader for astronomy holidays in Africa and a consultant to the GEO Observatory in Andalucia, Spain.
We are happy to announce that Nick Howes will be our guest speaker at SSP 2015.. Here is bit of information about Mr Nick Howes... Nick Howes is an astronomer at the Kielder Observatory in the UK, as well as a freelance science writer whose work has included science writer for the European Space Agencies Science Portal and NASA Blueshift. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, he has written for Astronomy U.S, Sky and Telescope, Popular Astronomy and many other publications and websites, including major work for the world's largest telescope project, the Square Kilometre Array. His images of comets and asteroids have graced the NASA home pages on multiple occasions. and have won awards and been featured by the like of National Geographic,The Times of London, Universe Today, Space.com, Financial Times and Discovery Channel Science as well as multiple books and peer reviewed journals. He is also the Pro-Am Programme Manager for the twin 2-metre Faulkes Telescopes, where he coordinates projects with the European Space Agency on their near Earth object program, ESO on massive star cluster observations and NASA's CIOC as well as projects with the U.S based Space Science and Planetary Science Institutes monitoring a range of comets. Currently Nick is also working as a research associate with the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff on their LARI program, the 2-metre Liverpool Telescope in La Palma on cometary observations and the Italian CARA comet research group on dust measurements for cometary bodies. Nick has over 400 NASA ADS citations for observational work on comets and asteroids, and is in the Guinness Book of records for leading a team of UK Astronomers in creating the World's largest image composite of the Moon taken by ground based observations. A STEM ambassador in the UK, he has appeared on both BBC television and radio and he regularly features as the official astronomer for the BBC in the South West of England. He is also the tour leader for astronomy holidays in Africa and a consultant to the GEO Observatory in Andalucia, Spain.

Cheers Roy

#ClearSkies #LunarNut

Well done Guys looks like you bagged a good speaker

Booked in from Wednesday onwards.

Looking forward to some Persieds.

Hi All..

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our friend
William Bean (wbean) the Skellig Star Party now has it's
own dedicated Website: skelligstarparty.com/

You're the man William and I can't thank you enough
for all your help in making the SSP a Star Party to remember
and to everyone else who helped out with all this (you know who you are)
Thank you very much.. It is almost 10 months away, but looking at this website
is giving my butterflies... Again Thank You.

Cheers Roy

#ClearSkies #LunarNut #LovesSkelligLodgeSkies

Great news. Quality work! Had a quick look but will browse around it later.

Nice looking website!