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International Year of Astronomy in Ireland
- News
- Lunar Eclipse of 31 December 2009
- New Year's Eve Lunar Eclipse
- Partial Lunar Eclipse: 31 December 2009
- Beautiful October Morning skies in Ireland
- Armagh astronomer made today's highlights around the world
- Two Irishmen are Astronomy Photographers of the Year!
- Irish Astronomer Gets Prestigious Award for Outreach
- Possible Perseid Meteor Outburst on the morning of 12 August
- Jupiter to occult star on the night of 3 to 4 August
- Observing Jupiter
- IYA Solar Eclipse: 22 July 2009
- Observing alert: has Jupiter been hit?
- ISS and Space Shuttle
- From Earth to the Moon DVD offer
- Mystery Flare
- Get ready for galilean satellites occultations season!
- No eclipses, but...
- May 2009 Newsletter from Sentinus
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell: top living woman scientist
- Space Concert by the Carnival Supergroup
- ISS passes over Ireland
- Are we heading towards a weak solar cycle?
- ISS passes over Ireland
- Two new satellites successfully launched by ESA today
- Mysterious music source revealed
- Use your camera or the Faulkes Telescope to win a photo competition
- Is this a meteorite?
- Bright fireball seen over Ireland
- Major Astronomy Competition in Ireland Announced
- IYA2009-Ireland grant opportunities
- ISS passes over Ireland
- Enterprise Ireland Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
- Wonderful Moon - Venus Conjunction
- Comet Lulin and Saturn
- Satellite Collision
- Eye on the Sky - Astronomical Photo Competition
- One of the best annual meteor showers: 1 to 5 January 2009
- Blast! Controversial adventure story to screen at the Irish Astronomical Association New Year Party
- Winter Solstice Webcast
- Spectacular Planetary Alignment to Brighten up the New Year's Eve Skies
- Live webcast of the winter solstice from Newgrange
- Winter Solstice: Sunday 21 December 2008; Ursids Meteor Shower: 18 to 24 December
- Geminid Meteor Shower: 13 to 16 December 2008
- Venus Occultation Egress Sketch by Deirdre Kelleghan
- Apply for a Free Telescope!
- More photos of the 1 December events
- The Magnificent Conjunction
- The Best Sky View of the Year - this afternoon, Monday 1 December 2008
- Two Events not to be Missed in the Night Sky This Week
- Planet Earth: Our Place in Space
- Another Irish Asteroid Discovery
- Amateur Astronomer Becomes Second Ever to Discover Asteroid from Ireland, After 160 Years
- Why Asteroid 2008 TC3 Represents a Landmark - Dr David Asher, from Armagh Observatory, Explains
- Small Asteroid might Hit Earth on 7 October 2008
- ISS and ATV visible from Ireland in Evening Skies
- Autumn Equinox
- The Greatest Experiment in History Turns on: Wednesday 10 September
- "Portal to the Universe"
- Armagh Planetarium Unveils New Hubble Images
- Solar Eclipse Friday 1 August 2008
- Astronomy Tutors wanted by Astronomy Ireland
- Friday 4 July: Aphelion Day
- Send Your Name in Space!
- Young Moon sketcher made Astronomy Sketch of the Day
- Strong Gravity in the Vicinity of Supermassive Black Holes - by Eamon Scullion, Armagh Observatory
- Astronomy Survey - Questions Proposal
- 23 March: Asteroid Occultation
- SDAS 2008 Sky Guide
- Extrasolar Planetary Systems: More Like Ours - by David Perez-Suarez, Armagh Observatory
- It's Raining Again - It Must Be Wednesday! By Caroline Pereira, Armagh Observatory
- 20/21 February: Total Lunar Eclipse
- 7 February: Shuttle Launch
- Doomsday Confirmed! by Thomas Barclay, Armagh Observatory
- 29 January: Asteroid Flyby
- 23 January: Mercury in the Evening Skies
- 4 January: New Solar Cycle
- Featured Image
- Christmas Moon over Armagh
- Solstice Moon by Deirdre Kelleghan
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Our Moon
- The International Space Station on Irish Skies
- Melotte15 Inside The Heart Nebula
- The Bubble and M52 from Dublin skies
- 2009 Eclipse
- Jupiter animation
- Space Shuttle Launch in Childrens' eyes
- Armagh Planetarium
- Belfast Carnival 2009 Highlights
- 18 - 24 May 2009
- 11 - 17 May 2009
- 4-10 May 2009
- Gallery
- Press cuttings
- Astro-trips
- Astro-photography
- Noctilucent clouds seen again from Northern Ireland
- Noctilucent Clouds in Northern Ireland, 12 July 2009
- A solar prominence from Peter Plaice
- Photos of Comet Lulin by Dr Apostolos Christou
- Photos from John McConnell
- 28 January 2009 Earthshine
- 28 January 2009 Earthshine
- Venus and Uranus on 26 January 2009
- Mira Cetus
- Venus Occultation on 1 December 2008
- The planetary conjunction of Venus and Jupiter at their closest
- The planetary conjunction of Venus and Jupiter at their closest
- The Space Shuttle Endeavour before it landed
- ISS and an unidentified satellite
- Noctilucent Clouds
- Noctilucent Clouds
- Photos from Jonathan Bingham
- The Whirlpool galaxy (Messier 51)
- The Horsehead Nebula
- Total Lunar Eclipse of 21 February 2008
- Comet Tuttle
- Local Events
- Astro-Art Fun at Windmill Integrated Primary School, Dungannon
- The story of the Christmas star: UNAWE Astro-Art Fun workshops in Armagh
- A few photos from the Science Week, from Deirdre Kelleghan
- Three 6th classes at St Marks School Tallaght attended my second Solar System and Robot Explorer talk on Nov 9th during Science Week
- 29 people attended my Moon talk at Raheny Library Dublin on the evening of Nov 9th for Science Week
- Two 6th classes from St Marks School Tallaght at my Solar System and Robot Explorer talk for Science Week Nov 9th
- A great family audience enjoyed my Moon talk in Raheny Library Dublin on November 9th
- OASES Exhibition Opening at St Patrick's Trian, Armagh, 9 Nov '09
- Astronomy Exhibition at the EU House in Dubliun
- Astro-Art Fun at Omagh Library
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- Dragon's Egg Review
- Dragon's Egg Astro-art Workshop in Armagh
- Dust
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- Armagh Rhymers
- One of the poems written by children from Mount St Catherine's PS, Armagh. Click here or on the photo to see more.
- IYA Exhibition at Newgrange, photos from Sunday 30 August 2009
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- IYA Exhibition at Newgrange, photos from Saturday 29 August 2009
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- IYA Exhibition at Newgrange, photos from Friday 28 August 2009
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- Astronomy Exhibition at Newgrange (Saturday 22 August)
- Jayanne English in Armagh
- Rapid Rockets and Wicked Robots
- Holding up Rocket and Robot Drawings at Donaghmede Library
- Herschel and Planck Posters and Eyes in the Skies DVD's given out at Rapid Rockets and Wicked Robots in Donaghmede Library
- Space Shuttle by Sinead
- Space Shuttle created at Rapid Rockets and Wicked Robots
- Space Shuttle Endeavour by small girl age 7
- Space Shuttle launching
- Space Shuttle
- Spirit and Opportunity by Kevin
- Spirit on Mars
- The Golden Disc from Voyager by Danielle at Donaghmede Library
- Deadly Moons in Wexford Library
- Deadly Moons at Wexford Town Library
- IYA bookmarks and Eyes in the Skies given away at Deadly Moons in Wexford Town Library
- Creating Deadly Moons at Wexford Town Library
- Atlas by Ibar
- Connamara Chaos on Europa by Karen
- Europa by Triana age 8
- Hyperion by Mark
- Lunar Eclipse by Caoimh
- Our moon in false color by Aishling
- Our Waning Crescent Moon
- Phobos by Gareth
- Tycho in false color
- Dr Carolyn Porco in Armagh
- Waiting for the show to start
- Some of the posters from the IYA travelling exhibition "From Earth to the Universe"
- Robert Hill presenting the speaker
- Dr Carolyn Porco, 8 July 2009, Armagh Planetarium
- Some of the audience in the packed room
- Dr Carolyn Porco in Armagh
- During the really long round of applause
- Photos from the IAA Beaghmore solstice event
- Photos from the first Tara lecture
- Belfast Carnival, photos from Alan
- Belfast Carnival 2009 International Year of Astronomy
- The making of an IYA Mural in Dublin
- SOLARFEST Photo Album
- Professor Luke Drury opens SOLARFEST
- Jeff Young sets up his scope to view the sun at SOLARFEST
- Chlidren enjoy the 3D images and outreach material provided by Goddard
- Deirdre Kelleghan speaks on sketching at SOLARFEST
- Eamon Scullion talks about Solar Physics at SOLARFEST
- Kevin Smith speaks at SOLARFEST
- Michael O'Connell talks about the next eclipse at SOLARFEST
- Nick Howes speaks on solar imaging at SOLARFEST
- Sally Russell speaks about her wonderful sketches at SOLARFEST
- Sally Russell, Deirdre Kelleghan and Michael O'Connell at the dome in Dunsink at SOLARFEST
- Seagate Young Innovators, Odyssey Arena, Belfast, 18 June 2009
- From Earth to the Universe Exhibition in Belfast City Halls Grounds
- SOLARFEST: Saturday 20 June, Dunsink Observatory
- The European Dark Skies Symposium
- Museum Family Day at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
- The National Museum, Kildare Street for Deirdre's Museum Family Day on 24 May 2009
- Busy drawing deadly moons at the National Museum (24 May, Dublin)
- Deadly Moons at The National Museum (24 May, Dublin)
- Deadly Moons at The National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin
- Io, one of Jupiter's moons - by Dylan
- Jupiter's Moon, Calisto - by Dasha
- Our Moon in false color by Ian at The National Museum, Dublin, 24 May
- National Drawing Day at Dunsink Observatory
- Girl Guides listen to astronomy talk
- Painting the planets
- Some photos from Br Guy Consolmagno's visit to Ireland
- Clair Mc Sweeney, Guy Consolmagno, Leo Enright, Marcus Connaghton and Kitty Buckley in the Library in Cork
- At BCO in Cork: Br Guy Consolmagno, Brian Birmingham, Lord Mayor of Cork and Deirdre Kelleghan (March 30th 2009)
- Br Guy Consolmagno and Deirdre Kelleghan at the "In The Footsteps of Galileo - an Exhibition of Astronomical Drawings" in BCO
- Michael O'Connell introduces Br Guy Consolmagno at COSMOS; Guy's talk was on "Fluffy Asteroids"
- Br Guy Consolmagno giving his talk on Pluto in Dunsink Observatory. Br Guy was a special International Guest Speaker for IYA 2009 hosted by DIAS and BCO Gonzaga COSMOS, SDAS and the IAS
- Professor Mark Bailey, Br Guy Consolmagno and Professor Luke Drury look over the International Visitors Book in Dunsink Observatory during Br Guy's visit
- Marcus Connaghton interviews Br Guy about his interest in Rory Gallagher while on a walking tour of Cork
- The Solar System to scale
- St Patrick's Parade 2009 in Dublin
- Some of the 675,000 people watching the St Patrick's parade in Dublin
- IYA2009 on the streets of Dublin
- Galileo watching through his telescope
- IYA pageant
- Little rotating planets
- Stars...
- The Race for Stars
- Going back in time...
- Astronauts
- ... and some more people watching the parade
- Robert and Julie Hill on the VIP stand with President McAleese
- St Patrick's Parade 2009 in Cork
- Professor Carl Murray with pupils from his old school at the launch of the STEM initiative
- Photos from the launch of the Faukles Telescope Challenge and of the new 3D astronomy show
- The Official launch of IYA2009-Ireland: photo gallery
- BT chief executive Mr Clark
- President Mary McAleese
- Edmund Burke
- Fr Burke's bursary
- IYA trailer
- IYA official opening
- Bingo
- lucky boy
- Autographs
- Photocall
- BTYS Rap
- Rap Rhythms
- Rap
- Unity Drummers
- Titan the robot
- Scary!
- Some of the audience
- The Globe of Death
- BT Young Scientist Official Opening
- BTYS
- Science Displays
- FETTU outdoor exhibition
- Astronomy Ireland's Star-B-Q, 30 August 2008
- Clair Mc Sweeney, Deirdre Kelleghan, Francis McCarthy and some of the children attending Space Camp in Blackrock Castle Observatory Cork in July 2008
- Getting ready to be rocket men at Space Camp in BCO
- Very busy drawing Enceladus Plumes at Deady Moons in BCO's July 2008 Space Camp
- A little solar observing at Blackrock Castle
- Looking at Saturn (Wicklow National Park IAS event)
- Delgany Brownie Pack looking at the Moon
- Photos from the UCD Class visit to Armagh Observatory
- Photos from the Armagh Golf Club event
- Photos from the Lecture in St Patrick's Trian, Armagh
- Astronomy
- Astro-Art
- Are you a scientist or an artist?
- Deadly Moons at the Craigg National School in Birr
- Deadly Moons
- Cross-Border Schools Science Conference 2009 Art Gallery
- Sean Ayres, Inver College, Carrickmaimacross
- James Leetch, Royal School Armagh
- Rachel Gamble, Royal School Armagh
- John Gamble, Royal School Armagh
- A O Connor, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- C Bolger, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- D Mulligan, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- E Ingle, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- K Farrell, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- L Byrne, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- L Reynolds, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- M O'Byrne, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- M O'Mahony, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- N Coffey, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- N Moore, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- R A Leavey, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- 'Conjunction over Armagh' by Miruna Popescu
- Deirdre's sketch on APOD
- Nebula
- Solar Active Region 10999 by Deirdre Kelleghan
- M42 by Deirdre Kelleghan
- Comet 17P/Holmes by Deirdre Kelleghan
- Astronomy Competitions
- Events
- Astronomy Festival: 12/13 February 2010, Galway
- ESO and the EELT: Tue 15 December, DCU, Dublin
- Astronomy Ireland's Christmas talk: Mon 14 Dec, TCD, Dublin
- SETI: Monday 7 December Ballyclare
- Cosmic Christmas to be launched on Friday 4 December at Blackrock Castle Observatory
- The Small Bodies of the outer Solar System: Wed 2 December, Belfast
- Portraits of Astronomers: Opening in Armagh on Thur 19 November
- Over us All is the SElfsame Sky
- IAS Public Star Party: Fri 30 Oct, Martello Tower car park
- Exploring the Universe: 9 - 13 Nov, Cork
- The Big Bang: Mon 9 Nov Dublin
- Archaeo-Astronomy talk by Betty Jo Harper in Navan Sun 8 Nov
- The Cosmology of Distant and Dusty Galaxies: 3 Nov, Belfast
- Cosmology lectures in Dublin and Belfast: 2nd and 3rd November
- Galilean Nights: 22 and 23 October
- Why are we here? Thur 22 October 2009, Armagh
- Observing with a 100-metre telescope - Wed 21 October, Belfast
- October events at Blackrock Castle Observatory
- The Hershel Space Observatory - the golden age of space-based IR astronomy continues: Monday 19 October
- Astronomy Evening Classes for Beginners
- Star Gazing: Saturday 17 October, Castle Espie
- Astronomy: what is our place in the Universe? Wed 14 October
- Astronomy Ireland's Evening Classes to begin on 8 October
- Donegal and Blue Stacks Festival 2009: happening right now! Come and join in!
- Equinox Sunrise from Loughcrew - a Success!
- European Light Pollution Symposium has started
- Come to see the Equinox Sunrise from Loughcrew
- The Stars at your Fingertips - a UNAWE Astronomy Workshop: Tuesday 15 September 2009
- Astronomical drawing exhibition to open on 18 September in Birr
- First Fridays at the Castle: tonight 4 September
- Astronomy Weekend at Newgrange
- Astronomy for Heritage Week at Newgrange
- What is light?
- News Round-Up
- IAA Perseid BBQ, Dealmont Country Park
- Jayanne's last lecture of her current Irish IYA tour: Friday 7 August, Dublin
- Star Wars Characters to invade Armagh Planetarium this weekend
- Amazing Astronomy Exhibition in Lurgan
- ALL IN! - Astronomy Summer Programme
- Carolyn Porco: Reminder
- Summer Events at Blackrock Castle
- IYA Lectures at Tara
- Carolyn Porco: Reminder3
- Carolyn Porco: Reminder2
- Belfast Carnival
- Teachers of Physics Annual Conference
- Belfast Carnival 2009
- Moon Week
- Carolyn Porco special guest
- Belfast City Carnival
- Science Display in Belfast
- Solstice Astroarchaeology 1
- SOLARFEST coming soon
- European Dark Skies Symposium
- From Earth to the Universe
- Events at BCO 2009
- Archaeology Days.
- New Meteorite to be unveiled at the Armagh Planetarium
- SOLARFEST 2009 Saturday 20 June, Dunsink Observatory
- The Universe - Yours to Discover at the Armagh Heritage Day: Wednesday 20 May
- SOLARFEST 2009 - Saturday 20 June, Dunsink Observatory
- Ireland and the Moon Landings - Some Personal Reminiscences - Thursday 14 May 2009, Dublin City Library
- Introduction to Amateur Astronomy in Ireland - Tuesday 12 May 2009, Ballymun Library
- Fascinating Astronomy Images on Display in The Market Place, Armagh
- From a Bang to a Whimper - Celebrating Differing Views of the Universe - Tuesday 12 May 2009, Trinity College Dublin
- Follow up from the Second Cross-Border Schools Science Conference
- Photos from the first day of the conference (Wednesday 29 April '09)
- Photos from the second day of the conference (Thursday 30 April '09)
- Cross-Border Schools Science Conference 2009 Art Gallery
- R A Leavey, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- M O'Mahony, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- K Farrell, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- C Bolger, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- John Gamble, Royal School Armagh
- N Moore, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- A O Connor, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- Rachel Gamble, Royal School Armagh
- L Byrne, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- N Coffey, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- Sean Ayres, Inver College, Carrickmaimacross
- M O'Byrne, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- James Leetch, Royal School Armagh
- D Mulligan, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- L Reynolds, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- E Ingle, St Dominic's High School Santa Sabina
- First Day of the Conference on Youtube
- Second Day of the conference on Youtube
- Constructing a 16 inch Dobsonian Telescope: Monday 11 May 2009, Ballyclare
- Blackrock Castle Observatory programme for May
- IYA2009 special lecture, by Galileo: Wednesday 15 April 2009
- To Here From Eternity: Monday 6 April 2009
- Armagh Observatory's Grubb refractor to open for the public tonight
- 100 hours of astronomy and much more at Blackrock Castle Observatory
- Astronomy and Poetry: Wednesday 1 April 2009
- 100 Hours of Astronomy
- The Galieo Wars: Thursday 26 March 2009, Gonzaga College, Dublin
- Lecture series by Kevin Nolan: "Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone"
- St Patrick's Parades across Ireland - the largest IYA social event on the planet in 2009?
- COSMOS 2009 - Ireland's Spring Star Party
- Space in a Modern Society: Saturday 14 March 2009
- Mars, the Cosmic Stepping Stone: Wednesday 4 March
- Blackrock Castle Observatory Events for IYA2009
- IYA2009 and Celtic Rock: Monday 16 February 2009
- Life, the Universe and Everything - well, "The Universe" at least
- Star Formation: How Well do We Understand it? - Wednesday 4 February
- First Display of the IYA2009-Ireland Travelling Astronomical Exhibition
- In the Footsteps of Galileo - 6 February 2009
- Galway Astronomy Festival: 30 to 31 January 2009
- The Moon Landings and Memories of Ireland's First Space Experiments: Monday 19 January 2009, Dunsink Observatory
- International Year of Astronomy 2009 opens with a big Bang in Ireland
- The Universe, Yours to Discover: an incredible 3D presentation, from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 January 2009, RDS Arena, Dublin
- Astrophotography: The fundamentals - Wednesday 7 January 2008
- Faulkes Universe Challenge
- New year, new name, new website: Monday 5 January 2009
- IYA2009-Ireland launch: Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 January 2009
- Touchdown on Titan: Monday 12 January 2009
- IAA New Year Party: Saturday 3 January 2009
- Living in the Sun's Atmosphere: Monday 8 December 2008
- It's life Jim, but not as we know it - Tuesday 2 December 2008
- Wonderful Eclipses: The Greatest Saros - Monday 1 December 2008
- God and the Universe: Thursday 20 November 2008
- Target Earth - How Great is the Impact Hazard? Thursday 13 November 2008
- Galileo? Galileo? Who on Earth was Galileo? Wednesday 5 November 2008
- The Life and Death of Stars: Tuesday 13 November
- The New Gamma-ray Sky: Monday 20 October
- Warped passages: Thursday 16 October 2008
- Searching for Planets Around Other Stars - from Galway: Monday 13 October 2008
- Catch a Falling Star: Thursday 9 October
- Chasing the Darkest Skies: Wednesday 1 October
- Astronomy Today and the Role Played by the Hubble Space Telescope: Wednesday 17 September 2008
- August Solar Eclipse Report: Thursday 11 September 2008
- The Fascinating Universe: Monday 29 September 2008
- Mars Probes: Tuesday 9 September
- BAA Out of London Meeting: Saturday 6 September
- John Mason lecture in Belfast: Wednesday 3 September
- Light Pollution in Ireland: Monday 8 September
- AI Star-B-Q Saturday 30 August 2008
- Whirpool Star Party 26-28 September 2008
- 16 August 2008: Lunar Eclipse
- 7 to 16 August 2008: Perseid Meteor Shower
- 7-11 or 14-18 July: Space Camp at Blackrock Castle Observatory
- Saturday 29 June: IAA Summer BBQ & Rocket Launching
- Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 June: Summer Blast Off at Armagh Planetarium
- 14 & 15 July 2008: from Babylon to the Big Bang - a History of Astronomy
- PhD position, Centre for Astronomy, NUI Galway: deadline 18 July 2008
- 5 - 7 September 2008: BAA - IAS Meeting
- 28 April: What, Where, When of Irish Astronomy
- 21 April: Carbon Stars - Cool Stellar Dudes
- 12 April: International Sidewalk Astronomy Night
- Cosmos At the Castle
- 12 April: first Quarter Moon Observing
- 7 - 11 April Lifelong Learning Festival: Our place in Space
- 12 April: IAA Astronomy Evening
- 25 March: The Prehistoric Solar Calendar: Is Knowth the Key?
- 1 April: Cosmological Quests
- 4 - 6 April: COSMOS 2008
- 19 March: Active Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes
- 14 March: Public Astronomy Evening
- 31 March: Adventures with the Hubble Space Telescope
- 31 March - 4 April: RAS National Astronomy Meeting
- 29 March: Earth Hour
- 12 March: Nationwide Moon Watches
- 10 March: Shooting the Planets and Eclipses with Patrick Moore
- 6 March: Shooting the Planets
- 5 March: Cosmic Dust: Is That All We Are?
- 10 March: Cosmic Dust - Is That All We are?
- 14 March: ASGI Meeting in Armagh
- 8 March: Armagh Planetarium 40th Birthday Celebrations
- 20 February: Climbing Mountains to Touch the Stars: Meet the Astronomers at Armagh
- 20 February: The prospect of Adaptive Optics for Small Telescopes
- 18 February: Structure and Morphology of Planetary Nebulae
- 20 & 21 February: A History of Life on Earth
- 5 February: Tree rings provide clues to ancient cosmic events
- 6 February: Periodic Radio Flares from Brown Dwarfs: the missing link between planets and pulsars?
- 11 February: LISA - Gravitational Wave Mission
- 3 February: LIGHTWAVE festival
- 19 February: The Life Story of a Star: from Birth to Death
- 4 February: Live TV Event between ISS and Blackrock Castle Observatory
- 16 February: Let's Go and See Planets and Moons!
- 30 January: Astronomy Ireland Evening Classes
- 10 February: Chinese New Year
- 29 January - 8 February: Tyndall Lecture Series 2008
- 27 January: The next World AstroCast event
- 25-26 January: Galway Astronomy Festival
- 10 December: The First Irish IYA2009 Meeting
- See what are we doing on Twitter
- Official Press Releases
- Interdisciplinary Exhibition Launch in Armagh
- OASES Exhibition launch in Armagh
- Armagh Children Participate in International Symposium
- Free Astro-Art Fun Workshop and Amazing Astronomy Images in Lurgan Library
- Cosmos Versus Canvas
- Belfast Looks to the Sky for Inspiration
- Lord Mayor invites city to "Look Up" for Carnival fun
- Second Cross-Border Science Conference "Great Success"
- Discover the Stars at Armagh
- The International Space Station becomes the second brightest object in the night sky
- International Year of Astronomy in Full Swing
- Amazing Astronomy Images on Display in St Patrick's Trian, Armagh
- Telescope Challenge for schools is launched as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009
- The Irish Times Reports: Midnight takes us into year to mark the telescope
- Minister Martin Mansergh announces collaboration with International Year of Astronomy on webcast of 2008 Newgrange Winter Solstice
- WINTER SOLSTICE LIVE WEB-CAST TO MARK INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY
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