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Our club meetings take place at 8 pm on the first Thursday of every month 
(except January where it is the second Thursday)  in Mary Immaculate College in Limerick.
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Meetings are an informal get together. All levels of interest are catered for, 
from absolute beginner to the professional.
We start off with a brief 'news section' in which we discuss any new 
astronomical discoveries or events of interest and offer a Q&A on this. 
Then we have a 20 minute presentation on the 10 foot projector screen using 
the planetarium software on the clubs laptop, showing the skys highlights for the month. 
Then finally we usually have a visiting or club speaker giving a presentation or workshop.

If you have a telescope and are having difficulty or need advice getting a new telescope, 
you are welcome to come along to the club meetings and seek our advice, please mention it to one 
of the committee members at the start  of the meeting if you have a telescope with you as we have 
to vacate the room at 10pm. If you cannot make it to a club meeting, you can always drop us an email, 
we will do out best to answer any questions you may have. 
(go to the "Join/ContactUs" section and email any of us from there)
If you are a payed up member, you will receive a text on your mobile phone the day of the club meeting, as a reminder.

If you have an interesting astronomically related topic you'd wish to present at a club meeting, 
email any of the committee members or approach us in a club meeting and we'll slot you into whatever month suits you. 

2012 Meetings:

2011 Meetings:

2010 Meetings:

Past Meetings 2009

2009 Date & Speaker	Topic	Speaker Details
Jan 14th  Frank Ryan Jr	Frank will present a talk on  how to take widefield digital images.	Three years ago Frank began taking images of the nights sky. He is now a regular image contributor to  astronomical magazines & publications such as The Sky at Night and Sky & Telescope.
Feb 4th  The Annual General Meeting	Once again its time for our  Annual General Meeting.	All current members are urged to  attend and vote in the 2009 committee.
March 4th  Professor Michael Redfern	IYA2009 in Ireland	Mike is a Professor in the School of Physics in NUI-Galway, Director of the Centre for Astronomy He is also the single Point of Contact for Ireland for IYA2009.
April 1st  Dave Mc Donnald	Discovering Asteroid Fiona Dave recently discovered the second asteroid from Ireland (2008 TM9) - the first was discovered from County Sligo by Andrew Graham in 1848. So, as well as having an asteroid named after himself (21782 Davemcdonald), he now has a discovery which he can name himself. We look forward to Daves talk about his discovery.	Dave McDonald of County Kildare regularly contributes asteroid data to the Minor Planet Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Dawn Mission) from J65, Celbridge Observatory. As well as running ad-hoc supernova searches and producing light-curves for extra solar planets, Dave is keen to promote science to youngsters in his role as a Science Ambassador for Discover Science and Engineering.
May 6th  Telescopes Explained	Outdoor Meeting Weather Permitting! Dress Warmly.	Everything you wanted to know about  telescopes but were afraid to ask! We plan to set up the current arsenal of  club scopes in Mary I grounds  to give you a practical 'hands on'  look at & through each explaining as we go.
June 3rd  Mike Scully.	'Shooting Stars'	Mike is from Kerry Astronomy Club
July 1st	'Astronomy on the internet'	Conan Mc Donnell
Dave Lillis August 5th	Siberian Solar Eclipse Last year Dave and other Irish astronomers travelled to Siberia to witness a  total solar eclipse. In this talk Dave will tell us about the trip and the experience of witnessing one of natures most awesome specticles.	Dave is the current observing director of S.A.C
September 2nd	'Open Night'	What's to see in the coming month & Astronomy news
October 7th	Time	Simon Kenny
November 4th	life in the universe	Peter Household
December 2nd	The Christmas Star -  An astronomers perspective	Frank Ryan Jr Franks talk will take a scientific look at the legend that is the  'Christmas Star'

Past Meetings 2008