COSMOS 2008 - April 4th to 6th at Annaharvey Farm

Hi Fintan,

I'll be going down for the Saturday.

Michael.

Seanie - which days are the various presentations on?

And when does registration start? Friday evening?

Cheers
Dave

Seanie - which days are the various presentations on?

And when does registration start? Friday evening?

Hi Dave,
long time, no hear, hope you're doing ok.

Registration on Friday occurs after 7:30pm, with the first lecture (by John Lally) at 8:30pm. After that, visitors can come and go as they please, but (hopefully) weather permitting, we'll have an observing session from the grounds.

On Saturday, registration starts from 9:30am, with the first lecture at 10am.

The programme will be up very soon, I am just awaiting responses from some of the speakers re: their preferred/available time slots.

Seanie.

Cosmos Programme (Last updated March 19th)

So far, and this will be updated as we move closer to the weekend in question (it will have its own Sticky when finalised for quick reference), here is the underlying programme of the weekend. Times and their lecture spots are subject to some discrepancy as the TAS committee learns more.


Friday April 4th
19:45 - Registration
20:30 - John Lally - "Countdown: Some Interesting Facts & Figures in the Universe"
22:00 - Observing Session

Saturday April 5th
09:30 - Registration
10:30 - Mr. Trevor O'Donoghue - "Transient Lunar Phenomenon"
11:30 - Break
12:00 - Dr. David Asher - "A hundred years since the last Tunguska, how long till the next?"
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Dr. Miruna Popescu - "The Solar Wind: From the Sun to Ireland"
15:45 - Break
16:30 - Quiz Time!
18:00 - Finish
20:00 - Cosmic Dinner with Observing afterwards


Sunday April 6th
09:30 - IFAS Committee Meeting (Members & Reps only)
09:30 - Bob's Astro Trek around Annaharevy
11:00 - Prof. John Zarnecki - "Touchdown On Titan"
12:30 - Lunch
13:45 - Mr. Pat O'Neil - "Astronomical Measures"
15:00 - Break
15:30 - Mr. Albert White - "Pulsars & The Parkes Telescope"
16:45 - Raffle
17:00 - Close & Farewell

Accommodation

Accommodation is all booked up in Annaharvey so far (for those who have been PMing me!), however, the closest B&B, Barony House (2 miles away), does have a couple of rooms avaiable (057 9351157). There is also an accommodation list on the TAS website as outlined already.

Cheers,

Seanie.

Displays and Exhibits

TAS will have a couple of display boards on offer for visitors to add to them anything astronomical. Be it astrophotography, posters, astro art - whatever - they are there to be used by you!

Seanie.