Irish Astronomical Association | Astronomy in Northern Ireland

Lecture 16th October - Dr Deirdre Coffey, UCD -“Exploring the Cosmos.' The View from Hubble and Beyond”

Submitted by iaaadmin on Wed, 2013-10-16 11:47

Dr Deirdre Coffey is a Lecturer of Astronomy and Space Science at UCD School of Physics.

Following a BSc in Physics from UCD, she studied for a PhD in Astrophysics at The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Her post-doctoral experience includes a fellowship at Arcetri Observatory in Florence, Italy.

Her research interests are in the field of star formation.

IAA Display at Belfast Central Library: Saturday 12th October

Submitted by iaaadmin on Sat, 2013-10-12 11:53

Hot on the heels of our very successful afternoon at Carrickfergus, we are holding another afternoon of events, this time at Belfast Central Library. The library is celebrating its 125th anniversary and this is just one of a number of events arranged for the celebration - see here... for more details

5th October - Astronomy Day at Carrickfergus

Submitted by iaaadmin on Sat, 2013-10-05 13:39

The Irish Astronomical Association will be holding another of their very popular public astronomy afternoons, at Carrickfergus Civic Centre, in Antrim Street, on Saturday afternoon, 5 October from 1.00 to 5.00p.m. We'll have a selection of special telescopes for viewing the Sun in a variety of types of light in complete safety, an amazing exhibition, including various astronomical telescopes, meteorites, and a mobile stardome planetarium (with thanks to Armagh Planetarium).

And the event is totally free!

Lecture 2nd October - Dr Paul Dawson, DIAS

Submitted by iaaadmin on Wed, 2013-10-02 14:04

"Star Chef: Cooking with the Stars "

TV schedules are full of cookery programmes. But of course, all the ultimate cooking, of the elements in food and everything else, was done either in the Big Bang or in the nuclear furnaces in the stars. And if you use an iron frying pan, the iron in it originated in a supernova explosion.

Society for Popular Astronomy to visit Northern Ireland - 21st/22nd September

Submitted by iaaadmin on Sat, 2013-09-21 07:30

As part of their 60th Anniversary celebrations, the Society for Popular Astronomy will visit Belfast and Armagh. This invitation from Prof Alan Fitzsimmons...

On behalf of Queen's University Belfast, Armagh Observatory and the Society for Popular Astronomy, we would like to invite all amateur astronomers to an all-day meeting held in honour of the SPA's 60th anniversary.

IAA Opening Lecture, 18th September. Prof Colin Cunningham.

Submitted by iaaadmin on Wed, 2013-09-18 07:20

"Mega Telescopes: how and why?" The European Southern Observatory will soon blast off the top of a mountain in the Atacama desert to start construction of a telescope five times bigger than any existing today. This telescope is known as the European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT. The primary mirror will be made from 798 mirrors and will be 39m in diameter and be controlled to nanometre accuracy. In this lecture Prof Cunningham will describe the engineering challenges of this giant telescope and give a preview of some of the exciting astronomical discoveries that may result, from the first galaxies to Earthlike planets.

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