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SHANNONSIDE ASTRONOMY CLUBS PREVIOUS YEARS STARPARTIES
The 2010 Starparty -
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Speakers:
| Thomas Bopp | (USA), Co-discoverer of the famous Comet Hale-Bopp |
| Robin Scagell | (UK), Author and frequent contributor on skynews |
| Mike Hinchey | Director of NASA’s software engineering lab |
| Frank Ryan | Shannonside Astronomy Club |
The 2009 Starparty - click here for more
Speakers:
| Chuck Wood | (USA), Sky and Telescope, Lunar picture of the day (LPOD) |
| Piers Bizony | (UK), Sky at Night magazine |
| Kevin Nolan | Planetary Society. |
| David Lillis | Shannonside Astronomy Club |
The 2008 Starparty -
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Speakers:
| Ian Ridpath | (UK) |
| Damien Peach | (UK) |
| Judith Pipher | University of Rochester, NY, USA |
| Niall Smith | CIT, Cork |
| Dr. Arron Golden | NUI, Galway |
| Lorraine Hanlon | UCD, Dublin |
| Sally Russell | (UK) |
| Deirdre Keleghan | Irish Astronomical Society |
The 2007 Starparty - click here for more
Speakers:
| Dr. Chris Lintott | BAA (UK), Sky at Night |
| Dr. John Mason | BAA (UK) |
| Sue French | (USA) Sky & Telescope |
| Kevin Nolan | Planetary Society |
| Dr. David Asher | Armagh Observatory |
| Dr. Catriona Jackman | UCD, Dublin |
| Dr. Peter Gallagher | TCD, Dublin |
| Dave Mc Donald | Kildare Astronomical Society |
The 2006 Starparty
Speakers:
|
Richard Horton |
(UK) |
|
Paul Callanan |
UCC, Cork |
|
Jane Jones |
NASA, USA |
|
Andy Shearer |
NUI, Galway |
|
Marcus Chown |
(UK) |
|
Jack Triple Nickel |
NASA, (USA) |
|
Niall Smith |
Blackrock Castle Obs, Cork |
The 2005 Starparty
Speakers:
| Michael McKay | ESA |
| Deirdre Kelleghan | Irish Astronomical Society |
| Mike Redfern | NUI, Galway |
| Pat Rochford | (USA) |
| Nic Szymanek | (UK), Imager |
| Guy Consolmagno | Vatican Observatory |
| Wil Tirion | (Netherlands) Cartographer |
The 2004 Starparty
Speakers:
| Storm Dunlop | (UK), author |
| Turlough Downes | DCU, Dublin |
| Cor Berrevoets | (Netherlands), Registax author |
| Leo Enright | (Dublin), science broadcaster |
| David Whitehouse | (UK) |
| Sara Russell | (UK) |
| Simon Morris | Univ of Durham, UK |
| Stephen O'Meara | (USA) Sky & Telescope |
The 2003 Starparty
Speakers:
| Fred Espenak | Goddard SFC, USA, aka Mr Eclipse |
| J Kelly Beatty | (USA) Sky & Telescope |
| Chris Lawton | (UK), Author |
| John Mason | BAA |
| Don Pollacco | Queens Univ, Belfast |
| David Levy | (USA) Sky & Telescope, comet hunter |
| Aaron Golden | NUI, Galway |
The 2002 Starparty
Speakers:
| John Dobson | (USA),San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers, Inventor of the Dobsonian (dob) telescope |
The 2001 Starparty
Speakers:
| Halton Arp | USA, Arp galaxy catalogue |
| Andrew Newsam | John Moores University, Liverpool, UK |
| John Flannery/Patricia Carroll/John O'Neill | Irish Astronomical Society |
| Mike Edmunds | Cardiff University, UK |
| Kenneth Woods | (UK), Lecturer |
| Jack Newton | (Canada), Imager |
| Frank Prendergast | DIT, Dublin |
The 2000 Starparty
Speakers:
| Mike Bailie | Queens Univ, Belfast |
| Julian Barbour | (UK) |
| Neil Bone | BAA |
| John Brown | Univ of Glasgow, Scotland |
| David Eicher | Astronomy Magazine, USA |
| Gordon Love | Univ of Durham, UK |
| Brian Harvey | Irish Astronomical Society |
The 1999 Starparty
Speakers:
| David Fegan | UCD, Dublin |
| Archie Roy | Univ of Glasgow, Scotland |
| Niall O Murchu | UCC, Cork |
| Gerry Gilmore | Inst of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK |
| Pam Spence | FAS (UK) |
| Lorraine Hanlon | UCD, Dublin |
| David Asher | Armagh Observatory |
The 1998 Starparty
Speakers:
| Paul Callanan | UCC, Cork |
| Paul Money | (UK) |
| Peter Rea | (UK) |
| Chandra Wickramasinghe | UC Cardiff, UK |
| Roger Davies | Durham Univ, UK |
| Bill Napier | Armagh Observatory |
| Peter Hazlett | Irish Astronomical Association |
The 1997 Starparty
Speakers:
| Michael Tubridy | Irish Astronomical Society |
| Alan Chapman | Univ of Oxford, UK |
| Andy Shearer | UCG, Galway |
| Arnold Wolfendale | Univ of Durham, UK |
| John Mason | BAA (UK) |
| Peter Lunn | West Yorkshire AS, UK |
| Alan Fitzsimmons | Queens Univ, Belfast |
| Ian Short | Armagh Observatory |
The 1996 Starparty
Speakers:
| John Roche | Univ of Oxford, UK |
| Mark Bailey | Armagh Observatory |
| Michael Tubridy | Irish Astronomical Society |
| G McClelland | Univ of Limerick |
| Evert Meurs | Dunsink Obs |
| Paul Doherty | (UK) |
The 1995 Starparty
Speakers:
| Partick Moore | BAA (UK), Sky at Night |
| Paul Mohr | UCG, Galway |
| Brigid Roden/Michael Tubridy | Birr Castle Demesne/IAS |
| Brendan Byrne | Armagh Obs |
| Gerry Gilmore | Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK |
| Niall Smith | RTC, Cork |
The 1994 Starparty
Speakers:
| Martin Gillick | Tullamore Astronomical Society |
| John Flannery | Irish Astronomical Society |
| Mike Murphy | Shannonside Astronomy Club |
| John Rowlands | CfDS (UK) |
| John Fitzsimons | Sligo Astronomy Club |
| Tom Bonner | Shannonside Astronomy Club |
| Paul Bracken | Planetary Society |
| Niall Smith | RTC, Cork |
| Tony O'Hanlon | Shannonside Astronomy Club |
The 1993 Starparty
Speakers:
| Sean Fitzgerald | Cork Astronomy Club |
| Ron Liversey | BAA (UK) |
| John Flynn | Armagh Planetarium |
| Tom Bonner | Shannonside Astronomy Club |
| Phil Samways | Shannonside Astronomy Club |
| Paul Mohr | UCG, Galway |
| Sean Robbins | Tullamore Astronomical Society |
| John Flannery | Irish Astronomical Society |
The 1992 Starparty
Speakers:
The 1991 Starparty
Speakers:
| John Mason | BAA |
| Sam Lyttle | Irish Astronomical Association |
| Ian Griffin | Armagh Planetarium |
| Colm Cannon | Astronomy Ireland |
The 1990 Starparty
Speakers:
| Ian Elliott | Dunsink Obs |
| John Flannery | Irish Astronomical Society |
| Robert Campell | Tullamore Astronomical Society |
| Terry Moseley | Irish Astronomical Association |
| Peter O'Connell/Austin Hastings | Cork Astronomy Club |
| Phil Samways | Limerick Astronomy Club |
| Susan McKenna-Lawlor | Maynooth Univ |
The 1989 Starparty
Speakers:
| Patrick Wayman | Dunsink Obs |
| Jan Cap | Cork Astronomy Club |
| Dominic Doyle | Irish Astronomical Society |
| Bruce Hardie | Irish Astronomical Association |
| Hermann van Bellingham | Schull Planetarium, Co Cork |
| Grattan Bannister | West Cork Astronomical Society |
| David Beesley | Irish Astronomical Association |
| Paul Bracken | Irish Astronomical Society |
The 1988 Starparty
Speakers:
| Peter O'Connell | Cork Astronomy Club |
| Ian Ridpath | SPA (UK) |
| David Beesley | Irish Astronomical Association |
| Sam Lyttle | Irish Astronomical Association |
| Dominic Doyle | Irish Astronomical Society |
| Tony O'Hanlon | Limerick Astronomy Club |
| Patrick Wayman | Dunsink Observatort |
The 1987 Starparty
Speakers:
| Mike Murphy | Limerick Astronomy Club |
| Peter Grimley | Maynooth Univ |
| Tony O'Hanlon | Limerick Astronomy Club |
| Joe Heelan | Limerick Astronomy Club |
| Martin Radcliffe | Armagh Planetarium |
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This list is not yet complete,
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Many thanks to John O'Neill who had the foresight to keep the fliers of every starpary he attended.
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