Solarfest 2012 - Dunsink - 23rd June *** FULLY BOOKED ***

dmcdona wrote: An excellent day at Dunsink with a really great turnout and top quality presentations. There were even some members of Public dropped by plus a few RTE folks who were broadcasting from another Dunsink building.

The only downside was a lack of the sun showing itself - but that didn't dampen spirits at all.

A huge thanks to Michael O'Connell for all hard work involded in organising the event and to Dunsink and DIAS for hosting it in a wonderful facility.

Special thanks to Denise and Fíona for keeping everyone refreshed!

Dave

I second that.

I did manage to show the Sun in my PST for a few minutes whilst sheltering from the wind.

Thanks to all involved.

Michael.

I had a wonderful day at Dunsink Observatory , totally enjoyed the speakers all very inspiring.
Was delighted to display and talk about my Action Sun project which was funded by Dublin City of Science 2012
it seemed to make everyone smile :laugh:
Thanks to Dave Connolly MAC for the fist image.
Thanks to Michael O'Connell for all the work he put into the event.
Great to meet up with everyone

Deirdre Kelleghan
@skysketcher

Well done Michael, again you pulled off a super event and was a great to meet everyone again, thanks for inviting me to talk I really enjoyed puting the talk together and giving it to such an enthusiastic audience.

Ronan Newman

Great day, very informative and it was super to have a wander around the observatory, last time I seen that scope was in the late 80s before it was overhauled.

Well done to all who organised it :rock:

Big thanks is due to the following people without whom this event would not have been possible:

Dunsink Observatory (DIAS) Astronomy & Astrophysics Group and in particular Hilary O'Donnell who have always been very supportive of our efforts in the promotion of astronomy;
All the speakers who put their time and effort into a great series of talks;
Trinity College Dublin, Astrophysics Research Group;
Astrophysics Department, Dublin City University;
ISDC Data Center for Astrophysics;
Deirdre Kelleghan for her display and talk re Action Sun;
My wife Denise and Dave Mc's wife Fíona for their hard work with the refreshments;
Val Dunne and Robin Moore for all their help;
Deirdre Kelleghan, Terry Moseley and John Flannery for notifying people of the event on their e-mail bulletins;
And to everyone who made the event possible.

Regards & Thanks,

Michael O'Connell.