CELEBRATING 26 YEARS OF
ASTRONOMY IN IRELANDS MIDWEST

    

 
Talk Astronomy
on our Forum
Free to register! 

CLUB NEWS - 2007             ( 2009 /  2008 /  2007 / 2006 )

16.11.2007 - (Friday)

•  Shannonside Astronomy Club information stand at UL for Science Week.
  

13.11.2007 - (Tuesday)

•  Shannonside Astronomy Club  have an information stand at Birr.
  

27.10.2007 - (Saturday)

•  Shannonside Astronomy Club members Frank Ryan & Dave Lillis
  have an image of a projected full Moon featured on today's www.spaceweather.com main page
  (and also at the Turkish website astroturk.net  - anybody able to translate? )
  See this thread on the IFAS message board for more.
  
  

05.10.2007 - 07.10.2007 (Friday - Sunday)

• The 2007 Whirlpool Starparty was an outstanding success!
  Please see the Whirlpool Starparty 2007 page for the list of speakers and
  this thread on the IFAS message boards for the many comments from attendees.
  
  

01.10.2007  - Whirlpool article featured in the Limerick Leader

• Shannonside PRO Conn Buckley gives an interview outlining
  the attractions of the upcoming Whirlpool Star Party.
  
  
  
  
  

06.08.2007  - SAC member wins The Sky at Night 'Photo of the Month'

• Shannonside Club Member Frank Ryan wins the  
  BBC's Sky at Night Magazine 'Photo of the month' for August 2007
  with a long exposure shot of the ISS passing over a beach in the Algarve.
  (Click image for larger view.)
  
  
  
  

01.08.2007  - New website & Message Board.

• The new club website is now up and running along with a club Message Board.
  The board is open to visitors and club members to post messages (once registered).

01.07.2007 (Sunday) - Dave Lillis & Frank Ryan Jr on the wireless.

• We were delighted to be asked to be the special guests on the John Maloney Show 
  on East Limerick Community Radio for a casual discussion about all things astronomical.
  The topics discussed ranged from beginning in astronomy, what to see in the nights sky, the Moon missions, 
  meteors and doomsday scenarios to is there any other  life out there!
  Thank you John & all at East Limerick Radio for having us!
  

15.06.2007    ''Mission to Saturn'' - a talk by Dr. Caitriona Jackman

• Caitriona presented a talk for us on the Cassini -Huygens mission in UL last year.
  Pictured here with club members Conn Buckley & Tony O' Hanlon.
  Read her Graduate Interview here

09.06.2007 (Saturday) - Club observing session held.

08.06.2007 (Friday)     - Club observing session held.

• ISS passes, the milky way, summer galaxies and NLC's all in one night!
  here's the Report
  
  

15.05.2007 (Tuesday) - "Capturing Ancient Light" - A talk by Prof. David Malin.

• SAC in conjunction with the physics dept. of the University of Limerick, were honored to host a talk by the world renowned photographic scientist and astronomer,
  Prof. David Malin formerly of AAO.
  His talk, entitled "Capturing Ancient Light", 
  was a well-illustrated look at astronomical imaging and what the pictures can show us.
  Here's the report.

27.4.2007 (Friday) - Club observing session held.

• Dave Lillis Report on observing the moon through his new 20'' scope.
  
  

07.4.2007 (Saturday) - Club observing session held.

• Dave Lillis Report on his first light through his newly acquired 20'' Obsession.

• A group effort at Imaging Saturn through the 20''

09-10.2.2007 (Friday & Saturday) -  Astrofest 2007 in the UK.

• Frank Ryan Jrs' report & photos on Dave Lillis and his hectic 2 day trip to Europe's premier astronomy event.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________