Armagh Observatory Latest News

Kepler, Sun Flares, Conjunction, IAA Solar day, EXPO, ASGI, Solarfest, SDAS, etc

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:07:37 GMT

1. KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE IN TROUBLE
2. Solar activity now high.
3. Venus emerges to meet Jupiter and Moon, and be joined by Mercury.
4. IAA SOLAR DAY, CARNFUNNOCK COUNTRY PARK
5. IAA MIDSUMMER BBQ
6. EUROPEAN SPACE EXPO
7. The ASGI Summer Meeting will be held in Trinity College,
Dublin on Friday June 7th 2013.
8. SOLARFEST 2013, DUNSINK: Saturday, June 29th.
9. SEND YOUR NAME TO AN ASTEROID
10. MASTERS DEGREE IN SPACE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
11. COMET Pan STARRS - Ireland to Japan!
12. JWST: Documentary
13. Communicating Astronomy with the Public, Issue 13 is now available.
14: SDAS NEWS

Saturnian mean motion resonances in meteoroid streams

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:51:57 GMT

Research paper.

Another fireball, CERN/LHC, Venus emerges, TV, IAA Solar Day & BBQ, Weblinks

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:07:03 GMT

1. ANOTHER BRIGHT FIREBALL, over England.
2. CERN at QUB: The exhibition and series of talks about CERN,
the LHC, Higgs Boson etc.
3. Venus emerges to meet Jupiter and Moon, and be joined by Mercury.
4. Annual Solar Eclipse, Australia, 9-10 May.
5. GALILEO: "THE LIFE OF GALILEO", by Bertolt Brecht, in a new
version by David Hare, will be performed by the Greenwood
Players in St. George's Church, Belfast, 7.30pm, Saturday 11th
May 2013.
6. TV:
A. "The SKY AT NIGHT"
B. BBC2, Sunday 12 May, 20.00: . The Challenger Disaster: 9.30 The Fantastic Mr Feynman
7. IAA SOLAR DAY, CARNFUNNOCK COUNTRY PARK.
8. IAA MIDSUMMER BBQ
9. The ASGI Summer Meeting will be held in Trinity College,
Dublin on Friday June 7th 2013.
10. Death of long-standing IAA member: It is with regret that
we have learned of the sad death of one of our oldest members,
Mr Hubert Hall, aged 90 years, on 16 April.

Sir PM, Meteors, CERN @ QUB, Aliens, Eclipse, Galileo, Solar Day, BBQ, ASGI, Web

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:40:35 GMT

1. Sir Patrick Moore Commemoration Events 1.
2. Sir Patrick Moore Commemoration Events 2.
3. Eta Aquarids: This meteor shower will peak at about 02.00 on
the morning of 6 May.
4. CERN at QUB: An exhibition and series of talks about CERN,
the LHC, Higgs Boson etc, will be held at QUB on Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday of next week.
5. ALIENS AT ARMAGH PLANETARIUM: May Bank Holiday W/END.
6. Annual Solar Eclipse, Australia, 9-10 May.
7. GALILEO: "THE LIFE OF GALILEO", by Bertolt Brecht, in a new
version by David Hare, will be performed by the Greenwood
Players in St. George's Church, Belfast, 7.30pm, Saturday 11th
May 2013.
8. IAA SOLAR DAY, CARNFUNNOCK COUNTRY PARK.
9. IAA MIDSUMMER BBQ
10. DIAS ANNUAL REPORT
11: The ASGI Summer Meeting will be held in Trinity College,
Dublin on Friday June 7th 2013.

Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Annual Financial Report for 2011-2012

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:47:18 GMT

PDF format.

Small lunar eclipse, Award to Peter Paice, Dark Sky launch, Mars flyby

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:36:51 GMT

1. Very Small Partial Lunar Eclipse: The Moon will be in a very
minor partial eclipse as it rises tomorrow evening, April 25.
2. IAA's Fitzgerald Medal, 2013, awarded to Peter Paice
3. Dark Sky Site Launch at LNDC Postponed.
4. Mars Flyby 'at night'.

New IAA Council, Lyrids, Faulkes Comp, Dark Sky Site launch, Weblinks

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:46:56 GMT

1. IAA AGM: UPDATE
2. ISS The International Space Station Visible in Evening Skies
3. LYRID METEORS
4. The Faulkes Telescope Discover the Cosmos Project
5. Dark Sky Site Launch at LNDC