Hello everyone
Have a look at this its "The BAA out of London Meeting" which is to be held in UCD first weekend in September. Its open to all , so if you intend to come along you must book soon. Do consider coming along to the talks and the dinner in the evening.
If you live outside Dublin you should consider booking an over night stay early as it is a hurling final weekend and hotels and are booking out quickly.
It should be a good opportunity to meet our fellow astronomers from the UK and to listen to the latest going's on in all the experts fields.
The theme is Telescopes, Galaxies and the Cosmos
Saturday September 6th Daytime
09.45 – 10.15 Registration
10.15 – 10.20 Official Welcome – Roger Pickard, BAA President
10.20 – 11.10 Dr Niall Smith (Blackrock Observatory, Cork): A 21st century observatory in a 16th
century castle
11.10 – 12.00 Deirdre Kelleghan (IAS): The IAS and its outreach work
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch (food and drink will be available for purchase locally)
13.30 – 14.10 Dr John Mason (BAA): Total eclipse report
14.10 – 14.55 Dr Stewart Moore (BAA): Galaxies – their discovery and observation
14.55 – 15.40 Dr Nick Hewitt (BAA): Action in galaxies
15.40 – 16.00 Tea
16.00 – 16.50 Dr Mohsen Shadmehri (Dublin City University): Star formation near to the galactic
centre
16.50 – 17.40 Professor Tom Ray (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies): Hubble's successor:
The James Webb Space Telescope
17.40 – 17.45 Close
Saturday September 6th Evening
20.00 – 21.30 Dinner at the Montrose Hotel
21.30 – 22.30
Informal talk: Leo Enright (Discover Science and Engineering): The Celtic Cosmos
- What leprechauns can teach us about the topology of space-time (a surprising
amount, as it turns out)
Here is the booking form with more details
britastro.org/baa/images/stories/meeting...and_booking_form.pdf
Are there any BAA members here on the forum??
Deirdre Kelleghan
Irish Astronomical Society
