Hi all,
Hope everyone is well. Boy, it's got cold the last couple of days!
A quick reminder about the IAS/SDAS meeting this Thursday, September 16th on the Total Solar Eclipse members saw from French Polynesia. All are welcome to come along on the night and admission is FREE. The venue is Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin at 8pm.
Daniel Lynch, who saw the eclipse from on board a ship, took some stunning footage of totality and captures the excitement of being there. Daniel will also discuss observations made by other eclipse-chasing groups and describe other sights he saw while on a round-the-world trip.
Aubrey Glazier and Ken Finlay saw the eclipse from the tiny atoll of Anaa. Ken has some marvelous photos of the partial phases along with totality itself. Both he and Aubrey will describe their visit to the island community and the celestial sights of the southern hemisphere.
John O’Neill, recently returned from the US, will talk about his NINTH total solar eclipse – at least I think it’s nine that John has seen with a 100% success record.
Photo Competition
Science Snaps is the title of a photo competition open to schools and the general public. Images taken with a scientific theme will form part of an exhibition to be shown during National Science Week. Closing date is October 25th and more details can be found at
www.science.ie/science-news/science-snaps-2010.html
Science Week Ireland 2010
The annual celebration of science is only a couple of months away and numerous events are already organized. Check out
www.scienceweek.ie/index.asp
for details of what’s on.
Meetings
16th: Joint meeting of the South Dublin Astronomical Society and the Irish Astronomical Society (
www.irishastrosoc.org
) on “The July 2010 Total Solar Eclipse from the South Pacific”. All welcome and admission is free. The venue is Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin at 8pm.
16th (to 19th): The International Meteor Organisation holds their annual Meteor Conference at Armagh Observatory. More details at
www.imo.net/imc2010/
17th: Public lecture at 8pm in Dunsink Observatory on “The Formation of Molecular Clouds in our Galaxy”. The speaker is Professor Mike Burton of The School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia. Contact Hilary O’Donnell at hod@cp.dias.ie to request a ticket.
18th: International Observe the Moon night is a world-wide outreach project to encourage everyone to look up at lovely Luna. More details can be found at
www.observethemoonnight.org/
The Irish Astronomical Society will be holding a star party at Sandymount Tower on Friday, September 17th. More details and discussions about the night can be found at
www.irishastronomy.org/forum?func=view&catid=11&id=85843
18th: An exhibition celebrating 50 years of manned space flight is due to open in Birr Castle. More details at
www.birrcastle.com/events-exhibitions-birr-castle-ireland.php
22nd: The opening IAA Lecture of the new season will be on Wed 22nd September, in the Bell Lecture Theatre, QUB, It will be given by Prof Alan Fitzsimmons of the Astrophysics Department at QUB. Title tba soon. See
www.irishastro.org
23rd: The Royal Irish Academy (
www.ria.ie
) will hold a public lecture by Professor Mike Lockwood on “Solar Variability and Influences on Climate”. Admission is free and the venue is The Emmet Theatre, Trinity College Dublin at 7pm. More details about the talk can be found at
www.ria.ie/Events/Events-Listing/Public-...r-Mike-Lockwood.aspx
23rd: A joint specialist two day discussion meeting of the Royal Irish Academy, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Astronomical Science Group of Ireland will be held on the topic of The Transient Universe: from exoplanets to hypernovae. See
www.ria.ie/Our-Work/Committees/Committee...niverse--from-e.aspx
for more details.
25th: NUI Maynooth hosts the Frontiers of Physics Conference for teachers of physics. This very informative day is packed with demonstrations and talks on how to bring the wonders of physics to a general audience. More details at
www.science.ie/science-events/frontiers-...hers-in-ireland.html
