Galway Astronomy fest Jan27 07 aka (Connaught Starparty)

It was a great day but very tiring! i couldnt believe the cloud cover! EVERY YEAR!

Nope, last year we had a very cold icy frost by 1am! I nearly slipped on black ice on the walk back to the B&B at that time!

Congrats to the organizers and everyone else who made this weekends successful Galway Star Party.

Good to meet new faces. Excellent gala dinner! A thoroughly enjoyable weekend! Looking forward to next year.

Eamonn A

Hey there, thanks to all the organisers of the fest.

That was one excellent day! Ye really outdid yourselves.

Trev

Very enjoyable day. Thanks to the organisers.

Jouke

Really enjoyed the weekend. Well done to Ronan and everyone in Galway who organised such a great starparty.

Just want to say a sincere thanks for everyone who attended the Galway Astronomy Fest and especially to those who travelled long distances. The day was one of the best with attendence topping the 110 mark over the day. I hope everyone enjoyed the talks, i am sure everyone has ther own personal favourite. Lucie Green gave an interesting insight into the workings of our star with some amazing images from TRACE and SOHO.
Chris Dainty opened our eyes to adaptive optics even for medical purposes.

Aaron Golden was a standout, What a talk that has forever changed our views on Brown dwarfs. I must congratulate him and his team at NUI Galway on this amazing discovery. Dick Butler, no one has heard of him before but another very interesting talk, i was really impressed on his views of frozen water on Titan

Thanks to all who stayed for the gala dinner and to John Flannery for his light hearted talk and to Dave Grennan for his wonderful images and talk.

Next year is slated for Jan 26th

Thanks again

Ronan Newman &
GAC Committee