tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703086963187663652024-03-16T11:50:42.042-07:00Deirdre KelleghanDeirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-74836217950427255922013-07-28T15:11:00.001-07:002013-07-28T15:11:22.466-07:00Detached morphing prom July 26th 2013 - Three sketches PST 40 halpha Con...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sh0j0C8egCo" width="480"></iframe>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-17684620627491065242011-01-31T14:29:00.000-08:002011-01-31T15:01:17.517-08:00Wide Awake in Texas by Deirdre Kelleghan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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</style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span lang="EN-GB">A public star party followed and Ed from TAS kindly let me use his Meade LX 90 to do a sketch from the University campus for my collection. I chose to do a quick sketch of Copernicus as it grabbed my attention in the hot Texan evening. Earlier I had picked up some great sketching paper called Rite in the Rain, it has lovely properties and takes pencil very well, and it is resistant to damp. I look forward to using it in the Irish winter where ordinary sketching paper buckles and messes up the work. So yes I bought paper that resists wet in a hot dry climate for a cold damp wet Irish winter.</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQh0MqixPNMYHBoPJjlo0qOaTrtmN0-zDoYWWNlj7tYz8FlXXuDmyDjaDJdLpsnMtg8CYDmZzGNlnTn3dpCs5xDPL-ln20SEqQJr7ywJ9lD2e48SMLbAJbrTbQn_pDuTW1Ch9hM9OsBcBt/s1600/Copernicus+zoom+Arlington+4X3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQh0MqixPNMYHBoPJjlo0qOaTrtmN0-zDoYWWNlj7tYz8FlXXuDmyDjaDJdLpsnMtg8CYDmZzGNlnTn3dpCs5xDPL-ln20SEqQJr7ywJ9lD2e48SMLbAJbrTbQn_pDuTW1Ch9hM9OsBcBt/s320/Copernicus+zoom+Arlington+4X3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568482568355994754" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;">I did not get to attend every talk over the two days, but the presentations I did attend were very interesting and informative. I found Dr Mike Reynolds presentation on Meteoritics particularly enlightening and humorous. On screen he showed many types of these space travelling rocks from his collection, some of which displayed extraordinary jewel like, but certainly extraterrestrial properties.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;">After the excellent Star Bar B Que,<span style="color:black;"> I was completely wrapped up in Marni Berendsen's very interactive and entertaining talk abou</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">t the Night Sky Network. She demonstrated the tool kits which very simply explain the answers to very commo</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">n questions in astronomy.</span> She used a spoon, foam and some sticks to explain why objects are seen upside down in a telescope. An explanation I will forever remember and repeat many times.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" lang="EN-GB">She turned many astronomers there into hot Blue Stars, Planets, Extra Solar Planets and Sun’s, in her story of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;">where habitable earth like planets might be, and why they would be in a certain position in relation to earth like suns. Yellow and blue cellophane, small white spheres on sticks and volunteers from the audience provided the visual explanation for this lesson.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;">These simple methods to explain astronomical ideas to the public are part of The Night Sky Network TookKits. Not available outside of the United States but a pdf download is here on </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/0ScopeManual.pdf"><span style="">http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/0ScopeManual.pdf</span></a></span><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span>gives full instructions on telescope questions only and the bits and pieces are easily sourced. A keen amateur astronomer provided the link it is a large file (13MB) but it is very useful.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;">The Awards Banquet in UTA produced one of the best meals I have ever had at one of these events, and the whole convention was well run and well presented. The winners of the Astronomy Day award could not attend, but Kelly Beatty made a point of reading out many of the events carried out by The Iranian Astronomical Society. This included the lights of a large town being turned out for one hour to enable the population to see the night sky free of light pollution a great idea, one to emulate and a high bar set by the Persian astronomers for 2007.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;">Among many awards given that night I was delighted to receive on behalf of the Irish Astronomical Society an Honourable Mention Award for our Sun Moon and Stars for Chernobyl Astronomy Day Event in Dublin. I would like to see other Irish clubs joining in this global outreach event next year details on </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astroday.html"><span style="">http://www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astroday.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:130%;">The Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas were the warm hosts of ALCON 2006 I look forward to meeting them all again at some future get together of sky watchers.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-81737344338944529702009-12-15T03:28:00.000-08:002009-12-22T03:39:25.862-08:00Deadly Moons and Spacemen at Draiocht Arts Centre and Send a Message to Venus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSIgYFjC0M3yvZPfj5rQGK1Dbtx5R0Sai7buLHz7Cyc3FfOlSpG3FldGqkZ0SgQJ7ldNPhswTw8WTSNLeFm_pJlB6yN4H4SNjjDG85yePaczHmfEUyb8g2L8CgFCieamQrgtf0Xm3mGp2/s1600-h/akatsuki_portrait_med.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSIgYFjC0M3yvZPfj5rQGK1Dbtx5R0Sai7buLHz7Cyc3FfOlSpG3FldGqkZ0SgQJ7ldNPhswTw8WTSNLeFm_pJlB6yN4H4SNjjDG85yePaczHmfEUyb8g2L8CgFCieamQrgtf0Xm3mGp2/s320/akatsuki_portrait_med.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415424641273127346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><h1 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Messages From Earth </h1> <h2 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Send your Message to Venus on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Akatsuki</span></h2><br /><a href="http://planetary.org/special/fromearth/akatsuki">http://planetary.org/special/fromearth/akatsuki</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">ARTstronomy at Draiocht </span></span><br />If you are out Christmas shopping in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Blanchardstown</span><br />drop into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Draiocht</span> Arts Centre to see Deadly Moons and Spacemen<br />This beautiful expression of work by local school children will really impress.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"> Draiocht</span> is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 6pm <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">admission</span> is free<br />A video about this community art project is here below.<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5dXbqGnW8vNWurRWPQTDZiFofL_jJpFGwQo9ydo7A-vvD_sl-byjRHXOIj2AgtezMGwQNJuKFs73ELC7BXT4W7KZ-UYbqIymZJnxoGYAjLU9EDsewD2JumpiDJ5U_XK3RB4hh3KxafiA/s1600-h/Space-moons-smoke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5dXbqGnW8vNWurRWPQTDZiFofL_jJpFGwQo9ydo7A-vvD_sl-byjRHXOIj2AgtezMGwQNJuKFs73ELC7BXT4W7KZ-UYbqIymZJnxoGYAjLU9EDsewD2JumpiDJ5U_XK3RB4hh3KxafiA/s320/Space-moons-smoke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415429674808888242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >"I learned that Science and Art can mix"</span></span><br /><br /><br />A sentence written by one of the young<br />children taking part. 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Scoil Oilibheir , St Frances Xivier NS , Scoil Bhirde Cailini in Blanchardstown took part .<br /><br />This drawing of Atlas with its mother planet Saturn as a backdrop was drawn by a young child who attended my Deadly Moon workshop.<br /><br />Using soft pastels this child reproduced with great visual intuitiveness one of Cassini's many images. Over 80 individual drawings were produced during the workshops. The same children had an opportunity to visit Dunsink Observatory during Science Week. Then they had a follow up series of arts visits by Anne Kelly who helped them produce 3D works based on the whole experience.<br /><br />Feel free to visit this unique exhibition at Draiocht between Dec 14th and Jan 14th.<br />The launch is at 7:30 pm on Monday Dec 14th all welcome . 01 8852622<br /><a href="http://www.draiocht.ie/index.php">http://www.draiocht.ie/index.php</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >What's Up for December 2009</span><br />Many thanks to Jane Houston Jones<br />for these little gems throughout the year.<br />The beautiful Orion Nebula features .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t7uyjrEJNJU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t7uyjrEJNJU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-83475146733327211062009-11-19T04:54:00.000-08:002009-11-19T15:58:16.825-08:00A peep into my Science Week<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmuAVZK5ZEDkNT5ZdlkKuT73JKVgUskxnLkk_pqedxCXqClLQ8TVZEunlP-loi75U4OJeuAnzlhTNhxQsYPatYgtCuJxMZEXYhsU5QbmO_SRGKcRiAkOBq-8n-yjPqSBmR4IDwUmK1xv4/s1600/Rathfarnham+Educate+together+048.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmuAVZK5ZEDkNT5ZdlkKuT73JKVgUskxnLkk_pqedxCXqClLQ8TVZEunlP-loi75U4OJeuAnzlhTNhxQsYPatYgtCuJxMZEXYhsU5QbmO_SRGKcRiAkOBq-8n-yjPqSBmR4IDwUmK1xv4/s400/Rathfarnham+Educate+together+048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405800909807115842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our Moon in False color by a four year old<br />from Rathfarnham Educate Together Junior School.<br />A lot of color and energy in small children's work, they get on with the drawings and are delighted to produce something. Most children taking part in my workshops were between 8 and 12 years old.<br /><br />November 9th to November 15th was Science Week 2009.<br />I offered my drawing workshops and talks. Hundreds of children<br />took part in my drawing events in various venues<br />mostly libraries, in Dublin City ,Dunsink Observatory, Monaghan , Drogheda ,Bunclody, New Ross,Malahide, Ballyfermot, Rathfarnham ,Blanchardstown,Oldcastle and Navan.<br /><br />Here are just a few exceptional drawings that I would like<br />to share with you. They are wonderful for several reasons<br />either the child was very young or was particularly interested<br />and produced a great piece on the day.<br />In both workshops Deadly Moons or Rapid Rockets & Wicked Robots<br />the children only have half an hour for the drawing section.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_edLnHFG7D1WuBWPizG885qsUYV6ZYYnilubufQ0LcA5d5Ja7vjxoMPmHB-w7Y48m7IWvqrz8eXV7eb_TdCfkAOCOFp4QnFLpfmHmWyCcSP6gnOjD_iJpr4pohnRmlaZxtgsmSyPQvGaf/s1600/Apollo+splash+down+by+a+pupil+attending+the+Rapid+Rockets+and+Wicked+Robots+workshop+in+Malahide+Library.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_edLnHFG7D1WuBWPizG885qsUYV6ZYYnilubufQ0LcA5d5Ja7vjxoMPmHB-w7Y48m7IWvqrz8eXV7eb_TdCfkAOCOFp4QnFLpfmHmWyCcSP6gnOjD_iJpr4pohnRmlaZxtgsmSyPQvGaf/s400/Apollo+splash+down+by+a+pupil+attending+the+Rapid+Rockets+and+Wicked+Robots+workshop+in+Malahide+Library.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405802059071831698" border="0" /></a><br />Apollo 11 Splashdown<br />by an 8 yr old<br />in Malahide Library<br />during Science Week<br /><br />All drawings in pastel<br />on black paper.<br />We share drawing methods<br />fun and learning together.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We shared our colors<br />We share our ideas<br />We share paper<br />We share our knowledge<br /><br />A lot of children under 12<br />knew Neil Armstrong was<br />the first man on the moon.<br /><br />A few knew Buzz Aldrin<br />and two children named<br />Michael Collins , amazing !!!<br /><br />We talk about Apollo<br />We talk about LCROSS<br />We talk about ice on the moon.<br />We talk about future moon bases and vehicles.<br />We talk about viewing Jupiter<br />We talk about The European Space Agency<br />We talk about Our Sun , Our Moon , Our Solar System<br />We talk about Our beautiful Earth<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUpxLg68LNRIRf0tZEFJNOS9PZBa7nRwl7jQbyGi4ip3Pf-zmPUy23VL3EJ1Jt4qiMNImzQMCI8KrLDvc28BPOhTe3H0WooBXgqZ7UotHHFYg-WScNomFPwGnSuHp7x9TfqnelWCsjtPq/s1600/A+child+draws+The+Huygens+Probe+landing+on+Titan+in+Drogheda+Library.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUpxLg68LNRIRf0tZEFJNOS9PZBa7nRwl7jQbyGi4ip3Pf-zmPUy23VL3EJ1Jt4qiMNImzQMCI8KrLDvc28BPOhTe3H0WooBXgqZ7UotHHFYg-WScNomFPwGnSuHp7x9TfqnelWCsjtPq/s320/A+child+draws+The+Huygens+Probe+landing+on+Titan+in+Drogheda+Library.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405818091385019474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A young child draws the Huygens Probe landing on Saturn's moon Titan at a session in Drogheda Library.I was really impressed by the attention to detail some children gave in the short time frame available.<br /><br /><br />Most children had never heard<br />of Cassini or Huygens.<br /><br />Most children were not aware<br />that there are robots on Mars.<br /><br />It is important to share space exploration<br />as it is happening .<br /><br />One or two children knew about LCROSS<br />Most children knew about Galileo<br />but most had never heard of International Year of Astronomy 2009 . <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">They have now.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7SpKajmEx0jQx7QS4gbWsoNIV0n4T-C7DrSwHYcaW0PCAJhv0xVwmptFqFC5h2F2BmpBBA1lVu01W5yOaSsq0DT1R9h0uKiLZJ_WebimarltiQilZs89l1jlg6jLauCrev_sJnmVA1qQ/s1600/rapid+rockets+in+Malahide+Library+Dunsink+same+day+061.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7SpKajmEx0jQx7QS4gbWsoNIV0n4T-C7DrSwHYcaW0PCAJhv0xVwmptFqFC5h2F2BmpBBA1lVu01W5yOaSsq0DT1R9h0uKiLZJ_WebimarltiQilZs89l1jlg6jLauCrev_sJnmVA1qQ/s400/rapid+rockets+in+Malahide+Library+Dunsink+same+day+061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405803489879314850" border="0" /></a>Mars Science Laboratory<br />Curiosity by an 8 year old in Malahide Library You can join these little Irish space artists and send your name to Mars on Curiosity here<br /><a href="http://marsparticipate.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/"><br />http://marsparticipate.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/</a><br /><br />Everyone who attended my talks or workshops were invited to send their names to Mars.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The New Lunar Exploration Rover<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJPrzQZa8RsLVOWvMcjlIpv368H1Ke2wqFXRUfmd0WIYrVWHm7Or67JSWHDkRTEOzkfE689N3WoaskMTLeIcVD8PVHEhxWYJyflU1HXfr_AJ3IO9tHyM9tHxthnGYi5VRpM5EJK_XGk6L/s1600/Oldcastle+and+Navan+020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 403px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJPrzQZa8RsLVOWvMcjlIpv368H1Ke2wqFXRUfmd0WIYrVWHm7Or67JSWHDkRTEOzkfE689N3WoaskMTLeIcVD8PVHEhxWYJyflU1HXfr_AJ3IO9tHyM9tHxthnGYi5VRpM5EJK_XGk6L/s320/Oldcastle+and+Navan+020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405819137752433538" border="0" /></a>by a child in Navan Library<br />Here is the link to the Constellation Program back to the Moon<br /><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html">http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html<br /></a><br />NASA has developed a rover to explore the Moon and Mars eventually.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Watch and be in TOTAL AWE </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAanalogTV">http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAanalogTV</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAanalogTV#p/c/E364BF268AC691BB/5/KdWGgialfjM"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAanalogTV#p/c/E364BF268AC691BB/5/KdWGgialfjM</span></a><br /><br />You can catch up on all<br />Science Week events here<br /><a href="http://www.scienceweek.ie/index.asp">http://www.scienceweek.ie/index.asp</a><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U4SG2HU6KBg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U4SG2HU6KBg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-60942453734847671772009-10-25T04:13:00.000-07:002009-10-29T11:10:29.392-07:00Interview with Dr Brian O'Halloran an Irish Scientist working on the Herschel Space Telescope<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf" w3c="true" flashvars="config={"key":"#$b6eb72a0f2f1e29f3d4","playlist":[{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/DeirdeKelleghanInterviewsDrBrianOhalloranHerschelScientist/InterviewWithBrianOhalloran.mp3","autoPlay":false}],"clip":{"autoPlay":true},"canvas":{"backgroundColor":"0x000000","backgroundGradient":"none"},"plugins":{"audio":{"url":"http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.0.3-dev.swf"},"controls":{"playlist":false,"fullscreen":false,"gloss":"high","backgroundColor":"0x000000","backgroundGradient":"medium","sliderColor":"0x777777","progressColor":"0x777777","timeColor":"0xeeeeee","durationColor":"0x01DAFF","buttonColor":"0x333333","buttonOverColor":"0x505050"}},"contextMenu":[{"Item DeirdeKelleghanInterviewsDrBrianOhalloranHerschelScientist at archive.org":"function()"},"-","Flowplayer 3.0.5"]}" height="24" width="350"></embed><br /><br />Dr Brian O'Halloran was interviewed by Deirdre Kelleghan<br />at Dunsink Observatory.Dr O'Halloran was the IAS guest<br />speaker on October 19th 2009, he kindly agreed to this<br />interview a few minutes before he delivered his presentation.<br /><br />The interview was recorded with a mobile phone so<br />turn up the sound for best hearing.<br /><br />The talk on the Herschel Space Telescope was excellent<br />and it was great to hear about Brian's work on SPIRE<br /><a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Herschel/index.html"><br />You can follow Herschel at The European Space Agency here</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/ESAHerschel"><br />You can follow Herschel on Twitter here</a><br /><br />The interview will be broadcast on <a href="http://www.phoenixfm.ie/">Phoenix 92.5FM </a><br />October 31st Saturday at 3:15 pm.<br />The station broadcasts to Dublin 15.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold;">Irish Astronomical Society Events coming up </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >October 30th</span> Free Public Observing at the Martello Tower Car<br />Park Sandymount 8pm - 10pm. Someone will be there to talk<br />to you no matter what the weather is like.<br />Telephone 0876398143<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >November 16th</span> Telescope workshop<br />in Dunsink Observatory 8pm. If you want to get the best out<br />of your scope or have a new scope and<br />would like to get to know how to use it , come along and we will help you out.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">The ESO education<br />and Public Outreach Department</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">The Jewel Box Star Cluster.</span><br /><br />The combination of images taken by three exceptional telescopes,<br />the ESO Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal , the MPG/ESO<br />2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla observatory and the<br />NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has allowed the<br />stunning Jewel Box star cluster to be seen in a whole new light.<br /><br />The release, images and video are available on<br /><a href="http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-40-09.html" target="_blank">http://www.eso.org/public/<wbr>outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-<wbr>40-09.html</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Whats Up for October 2009<br />The Andromeda Galaxy</span><br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I0aLoaOo_vg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I0aLoaOo_vg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-70540631398676182652009-10-15T14:56:00.000-07:002009-10-15T15:46:14.162-07:00Stunning Mars Image for you - Herschel Exclusive at Dunsink<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYgA2vEJAtHrsHM-Hj5uCfsSfW0K2uNDoRHvX71u9e6NUo33SKb4R2L6YvvsAsER3Z071jjItVk-8kdKbu73wnv719W_LPehbNwQNY14tomn3xgQTHhzCmye4h3yCFj6rrn_o16z4wOTf/s1600-h/Mars.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYgA2vEJAtHrsHM-Hj5uCfsSfW0K2uNDoRHvX71u9e6NUo33SKb4R2L6YvvsAsER3Z071jjItVk-8kdKbu73wnv719W_LPehbNwQNY14tomn3xgQTHhzCmye4h3yCFj6rrn_o16z4wOTf/s400/Mars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392950424288414802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />A wonderful explanation of this stunning image from the surface of Mars by Phil Platt<br />can be found here <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/category/astronomy/">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/category/astronomy/ </a> click the link and read it.<br />Much more on the HiRSE website here <a href="http://www.uahirise.org/">http://www.uahirise.org/</a><br /><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">incredib</span>le Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera took the image<br /><br />What can I say about this image ? it shouts out a story, it seeks and deserves our<br />attention , it brings focus to our spirit , and helps us wrap ourselves in the fabric<br />and the beauty of the surface of this awesome planet.<br /><br /><br />If you are up early in the morning ( Oct 16th) Venus , Saturn and Mercury will join<br />a lovely crescent moon on the eastern horizon 07:00 enjoy<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSBd9IdHeN0UeIDj8ti09Tu_OzBptQUDndBdUA7BhILGeKztx2-RmwBIsGAnzavthdKVrwTculCfmI5io3zEYYACOQga75Hqek2sXtFQDm1E-ec7X5Z3UEji5XTCrQOgy5hcrrfOCQlrE/s1600-h/IAS+Oct+2009+Brian+O+H.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSBd9IdHeN0UeIDj8ti09Tu_OzBptQUDndBdUA7BhILGeKztx2-RmwBIsGAnzavthdKVrwTculCfmI5io3zEYYACOQga75Hqek2sXtFQDm1E-ec7X5Z3UEji5XTCrQOgy5hcrrfOCQlrE/s400/IAS+Oct+2009+Brian+O+H.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392951184414472482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Don't forget Monday October 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Dunsink</span>, e mail John Murphy<br />to reserve a seat . johnmurphy474@gmail.com<br /><br />See you there<br /><br />DeirdreDeirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-9267850050302534922009-09-30T16:22:00.000-07:002009-10-01T06:06:23.286-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZZVwcmHrvKT4IdlZoKpROs-8HNOuEc2pZ6gNCn4o3m9FYXIMM8shw0__nuJtHq_5iamhjaZgm-QiZGleh46gwihFhnVeMIrWfZ_4LNvBg3pHka55KhBOCjal9rLCFuy36-KAP3S2dP0I/s1600-h/saturnequinox_cassini.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZZVwcmHrvKT4IdlZoKpROs-8HNOuEc2pZ6gNCn4o3m9FYXIMM8shw0__nuJtHq_5iamhjaZgm-QiZGleh46gwihFhnVeMIrWfZ_4LNvBg3pHka55KhBOCjal9rLCFuy36-KAP3S2dP0I/s400/saturnequinox_cassini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387408624276535266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Competition </span></span><br /><p>WOW !! A really cool competition open to all students in Ireland</p><p> (11 to 18 years).</p><p>Just 500 words on why Cassini should image either Saturn and its Rings, Tethy's and Saturns Rings or Titan Saturn's largest moon.<br /></p><p>So if you are a teacher , have a good read and a good look at the video's and requirements.</p><p>Perhaps you have a budding scientist sitting in your class room ? Feel free to pass on this information to a teacher or a pupil you know .<br /></p><p>Prizes include vouchers for Amazon, a trip to London and, if you’re specific target is chosen, Cassini itself will take an image of your chosen subject!<br /></p><p>The Cassini Mission to Saturn and Titan is one of the greatest exploration missions of our time.</p><p>This is your chance to be part of this wonderful science experience.</p><p><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kZB765wa3eo&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kZB765wa3eo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /></p><p><br /></p>All information regarding the Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Competition re Ireland <a href="http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/schools/cassini" target="_blank">www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/schools/<wbr>cassini</a><br /><br />Watch all the videos at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CassiniScientist4Day#play/uploads/0/nrn4hPdY6KU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/<wbr>CassiniScientist4Day#play/<wbr>uploads/0/nrn4hPdY6KU</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadline for submission in Ireland is 30th Oct</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Good Luck </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies - Statutory Lecture 2009</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Oct 12th 2009 8pm UCD</span></span><br /><br />All from Nothing: the structuring of our UniverseTelescopes are time-machines. They allow us to see into the distant past. Our deepest images show the Universe not as it is today, but as it was just 400,000 years after the Big Bang. At that time there were no galaxies, no stars, no planets,<br />no people, no familiar elements other than hydrogen and helium. The cosmos contained<br />nothing but weak sound waves in a near-uniform fog. Spercomputers can compress thirteen billion years of cosmic evolution into a few months of calculation to show how these sound waves<br />developed into the rich structure we see around us today. A study of their harmonic content gives clues to their origin. They appear to be an echo of quantum zero-point fluctuations occurring a tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Thusour<br />entire world may be a consequence of the nature of this early vacuum.<br />In a very real sense, everything may have come from nothing.<br /><br />Lecture Theater C005<br />Health Sciences Building<br />University College Dublin<br />October 12th 2009 8 p.m.<br />Professor Simon D.M. White<br />Director at the Max Plank Institute for Astrophysics<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Irish Astronomical Society October Talk<br />- All welcome its free </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">click on the image see it large</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCpORBX-h_F_y5UOuqD3SnQD0UxXuDKM8Pf2HttSQx2a7GUxt1G8ZZ7X1fPiKT7Cb8oSt-Iubp6hacaQHLfIGs8arTiVchamvmI9tnmI8Nf6A38qQZIpIFJLqKg-tgWfefTr042hJZwEO/s1600-h/IAS+Oct+2009+Brian+O+H.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCpORBX-h_F_y5UOuqD3SnQD0UxXuDKM8Pf2HttSQx2a7GUxt1G8ZZ7X1fPiKT7Cb8oSt-Iubp6hacaQHLfIGs8arTiVchamvmI9tnmI8Nf6A38qQZIpIFJLqKg-tgWfefTr042hJZwEO/s400/IAS+Oct+2009+Brian+O+H.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387406025192742290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lets DO It in the Park again</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Th2m1K0q3SnEvxlDknFBC2m7sMKcF7NoN3VrcTZSEaVesHat95ldImsYn5FgDKhO75ZU1oB0i-nGkMLRA3WfgAdzRM6kZ1C7phpu_SPALdtxZpp685ignk6iAQA8CbxiiqwhkYZcVQDE/s1600-h/galilean_nights.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Th2m1K0q3SnEvxlDknFBC2m7sMKcF7NoN3VrcTZSEaVesHat95ldImsYn5FgDKhO75ZU1oB0i-nGkMLRA3WfgAdzRM6kZ1C7phpu_SPALdtxZpp685ignk6iAQA8CbxiiqwhkYZcVQDE/s400/galilean_nights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387405881161353970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">October 22nd - Wicklow Mountains National Park - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm</span></span> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">- Upper Lake Car Park </span></span><br /><br />A call for telescopes and their people to help show our moon , Jupiter's moons<br />and the lovely Jupiter to the public in the park .<br /><br />Our last major public outreach event 100 Hours of Astronomy brought amateur astronomers<br />in this country together to share the night sky with the public. What an incredible amount of public service astronomy went on that week in April .<br /><br />We all learned from that very positive experience , and now we have the opportunity to to do it again and build on what we learned.<br /><br />Let me know asap if you are taking part and what you intend to do in your area. No need to get complicated , just share the sky in your neighbourhood . Watch the IFAS forum for updates<br />http://www.irishastronomy.org/cms/<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br />A familiar voice talks Stars </span><br /><br /><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">@<a class="tweet-url username" href="http://twitter.com/365DaysOfAstro">365DaysOfAstro</a> Sept. 30 podcast: The Delight of Stars by Brother Guy Consolmagno <a href="http://bit.ly/YYhpM" class="tweet-url web" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/YYhpM</a></span></span>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-34751113639053530242009-09-30T02:04:00.000-07:002009-09-30T03:35:23.723-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYAOOGDE81Jyxcy5nK0o2vu1BNuKrlHZA5nOy-tgtKSoNJJ-HqNMeq9yIz7j-NNQhjNvrYt216DZIBcNmydkzhFrTf9mbKALZCnJDksT3DGl_mh3P8QNn_x-rg0uXS0_CvqwsanUqWi3n/s1600-h/Panorama+Exhibition+Room.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYAOOGDE81Jyxcy5nK0o2vu1BNuKrlHZA5nOy-tgtKSoNJJ-HqNMeq9yIz7j-NNQhjNvrYt216DZIBcNmydkzhFrTf9mbKALZCnJDksT3DGl_mh3P8QNn_x-rg0uXS0_CvqwsanUqWi3n/s400/Panorama+Exhibition+Room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387184078352135042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />The Exhibition Gallery at Birr Castle Science Centre</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Images by Bernard Kelleghan </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">In the Footsteps of Galileo</span> an exhibition of astronomical sketches<br />has opened in Birr Castle Science Centre Co Offaly.<br /><br />The exhibition displays 51 observational sketches by astronomers<br />from all over the world, and over 100 children's moon drawings .<br /><br /><br />A lovely mixed audience of astronomers, artists , educators , children<br />and the general public attended the launch .<br /><br />Dr Carolina Odman International Program Manager for UNAWE ie Universe Awareness for Young Children opened the exhibition for me, and gave a talk on UNAWE's teachings to young children about the scale and beauty of the universe.<br /><br /><br />The Seventh Earl of Rosse spoke about the uniqueness of<br />the exhibition and said<br />"it's a pleasure to see <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">In the Footsteps of Galileo</span><br />in the shadow of the Leviathan."<br /><br />I said a few words on behalf of the contributors and also spoke<br />about astronomical drawing , why we do it ,<br />the learning through observation experience, that brings the subject to the page.<br /><br /><br />Sir Patrick Moore who has donated six sketches to the display sent<br />a message of good will with regrets for been unable to attend himself.<br /><br />To my great delight Lord Rosse framed four original sketches from<br />his ancestor The 3rd Earl of Rosse .<br />These sketches include the world famous Whirlpool Galaxy<br />and the Crab Nebula sketched using the Leviathan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCeBymj5lD3va42ewnP0Zs5Vv3Eqxs6EXVlB8dKQcrUAV5XjT39zq9MPnhaxOycGXt6Eim_MScyxQtsUusEyFFPTge7uOo9xCnEWx52PAbQVj0O30OkjtEUSC1ZvkZnejvwLsgPcah1Rx/s1600-h/Birr+-+Lord+Rosse+kneeling+down+Cath+Dee+%26+L+Rosse.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCeBymj5lD3va42ewnP0Zs5Vv3Eqxs6EXVlB8dKQcrUAV5XjT39zq9MPnhaxOycGXt6Eim_MScyxQtsUusEyFFPTge7uOo9xCnEWx52PAbQVj0O30OkjtEUSC1ZvkZnejvwLsgPcah1Rx/s400/Birr+-+Lord+Rosse+kneeling+down+Cath+Dee+%26+L+Rosse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387183959376406162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Seventh Earl of Rosse on his knees before<br />the Whirlpool Galaxy sketched by his ancestor<br />The Third Earl . Deirdre Kelleghan , Dr Carolina Odman<br />and Lady Rosse look on<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZII3Kk4dWgYOfusPil003VG8eDJrcmKK6CNvoH5u2GLFVjJRfaS7ZMnhuJ6uMgQ9oxe7Gy6QnMaHbu_FOWoe47TbLgqZ9lynziJ1NIO0Sz_ck2R9wCRg9EoXYabFr8bTguELjGVPuHqT1/s1600-h/Birr+-+New+York+Kids+Drawings.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZII3Kk4dWgYOfusPil003VG8eDJrcmKK6CNvoH5u2GLFVjJRfaS7ZMnhuJ6uMgQ9oxe7Gy6QnMaHbu_FOWoe47TbLgqZ9lynziJ1NIO0Sz_ck2R9wCRg9EoXYabFr8bTguELjGVPuHqT1/s400/Birr+-+New+York+Kids+Drawings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387202009605980642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Children's moon drawings from Dublin, Louth, Cork, Offaly<br />New York and elsewhere add to the International flavor<br /><br /><br />The Exhibition runs till November 1st 2009 and is<br />open everyday from 9 am - 6 pmDeirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-88028231767166240532009-09-22T02:26:00.001-07:002009-09-22T02:26:20.382-07:00Deirdre reports on the astronomical sketching exhibition at Birr Castle in Ireland<a href=http://shar.es/1rVIh>Deirdre reports on the astronomical sketching exhibition at Birr Castle in Ireland</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-63016893420457328642009-09-11T05:38:00.000-07:002013-09-11T03:29:01.101-07:00Falling Man<span style="color: red; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Remembering The Falling Man 911 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Across the entire global community there seems to be no alignment of agreement on ethics in relation to the journalistic press or the photo journalistic press. There are varying degrees of guidelines and principles for all the strata of output in the media in the twenty first century.<br /><br />The cultural evolution theory developed by the nineteenth century anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan is a stiff ethnocentric model that I found difficult to place over any society in the world. He put forward the idea that societies developed from the first stage of savagery onto barbarism then finally reaching civilization.<br /><br />I found this view a little narrow and a little shallow until I began to focus on the microcosm of society that is the world’s press, in this context the model sat very well.<br />All aspects of Morgan’s cultural evolution theory reside in both the shallowness and depths of the worlds printed and broadcast media. From tabloids to broadsheets, from rolling news to in-depth reports directly from the centre of disasters and war.<br /><br />The savage, the barbarian, and the civilized exist together. These various media formats feed us their view of world events static and unfolding. The savage paparazzi, who dive to lower and lower depths of unethical behavior to achieve images for reward. The barbaric photojournalism of war, human suffering and the occasional attempt at civility by the more ethically sensitive media. Some at least try to find a balance towards the honor of the individual and human dignity.<br /><br />It is a fact that a picture paints a thousand words. A photograph is revealing to the viewer and revealing of its subject. One image still etched in my mind as regards ethical issues and the privacy of the individual is the 2001 image of “The Falling Man” .<br /><br />This image appeared in newspapers across the globe in the day’s post 911; it is heralded as an iconic image in the same vain as the Unknown Soldier.<br /><br />In a documentary made at the time, it was put forward as a heroic image of an American in an elegant gracefully fall.<br /><br />The fact is, this is an image of a man in the last few seconds of his life. A very private moment stolen by the click, click, click, of a press photographer. The photojournalist job that day was to get exclusive graphic images to sell to the networks.<br /><br />Now, one could argue that the latter was perhaps in the public interest or that the public has a right to know allowing ethical considerations being overridden.<br /><br />Journalism and the freedom of the press has an ethnology all of its own. The victim falling to his death on 911 did not go to work to become an icon of a tragic day.<br />It is unfortunate how a murdered man becomes a reluctant hero in his dying moments and this somehow brings a badge of honor to the photojournalist who captured this barbarism.<br /><br />The photograph was subsequently used to eventfully identify the man but that also brought up issues which evoked anger and shame. Somehow the people who fell from the twin towers that day became referred to as jumpers. This implied that they committed suicide which some people associated with shame.<br /><br />Journalists and photojournalists have a responsibility to bring us news, to investigate on our behalf. They also have a responsibility to attempt to achieve equilibrium between their story gathering abilities and the right to the privacy and dignity of an individual.<br /><br />Where is the point that people must relinquish their privacy as they perhaps become celebrities? If you rise your head above the parapet you are it seems, automatically relieved of autonomy over your private life. Moral sensitivity good taste and compassion are required on the part of journalists especially when they are reporting about victims of accidents or other tragedies.<br /><br />If you die because of an act of terrorism and your dying image is captured on film you become an overnight celebrity, a hero, an icon, somehow transmuted from an ordinary individual to someone owned by the world? In your life perhaps you were an unremarkable person and in your death you become a moral dilemma, something to be honed and cooked up into a media offering for the masses to digest.<br /><br />RIP to all victims of 911</span>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-38938513640969378682009-08-13T06:23:00.000-07:002009-08-14T08:03:33.914-07:00ALCON 2009 New York<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CDeirdre%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CDeirdre%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" 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Meandering river channels etched life into a combat green background.<span style=""> </span>Shoals of puffy cumulus raced beneath me in several layers, of white and grey. The Air Lingus shamrock tipped wing sliced through the atmosphere toward a New York landing.....................</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Below are a few micro moments from my trip to New York for ALCON 2009</span>
<br /></p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >Deadly Moons Art Astronomy workshop</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >
<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >at The Astronomical Leagues Convention</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >
<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >in Hofstra University New York.</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Deadly Moons will be part of Heritage Week at Newgrange</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">next Saturday August 22nd details to follow.</span>
<br /> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">e mail skysketcher@gmail.com </span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="body">The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Plutarch </span>
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<br />Deirdre Linda and Galileo at Custer Observatory Long Island
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<br />The Amateur Observers Society of New York were my hosts
<br />Linda Prince did a great job organising children from the
<br />Science Camp at Hofstra and local children from her
<br />young astronomers group to attend the workshop.
<br /><a href="http://www.aosny.org/">http://www.aosny.org/</a>
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<br />A few images from my visit to ALCON in New York
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<br />Deirdre gets The Astronomical Leagues Master Outreach Award
<br />one of 25 given out this year and the first International one :-)
<br />Presented by Dr Mike Reynolds Outreach Chair for the League.
<br />I do not do outreach for awards , but it was nice to get one.
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<br />Apollo 19 LEM built but never launched to the moon
<br />on exhibit at The Cradle of Aviation Long Island NY
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<br />Biggest highlight - Seeing the Apollo 19 Lunar Lander at The Cradle of Aviation
<br />Biggest shock - The size of the empty space at ground zero
<br />Best fun - The Star B Q at the Custer Institute Long Island
<br />Most satisfying - The cross cultural success of Deadly Moons
<br />Most interesting - Hayden Planetarium and The Natural History Museum
<br />Best building - The Guggenheim
<br />Most extraordinary fun - Meeting Twitter followers :-)
<br />Most beautiful - <span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">a huge Stibnite Crystal</span> from China in the Natural History Museum
<br />Very classy - The collection of Poetry given to all at the Star B Que
<br />compiled by Robert Chapin published by Harvey Miller.
<br />Very pleased with the reaction to my other two talks.
<br />Enjoyed - The people , the friendships, the children , the heat, the scopes , the city , the transport, the food, the laughing , the learning, the fun.
<br />Biggest giggle , the role playing at Vivian Whites workshop ( sorry Vivian we collapsed )
<br />good workshop tho :-)
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<br />The NY children's moons on exhibition at ALCON
<br />alongside astronomical sketches from Sir Patrick Moore CBE
<br />Deirdre , Jane Houston Jones , Michael Portuesi , and Bill Crispeno
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<br />The outstanding Guggenheim Museum
<br />where I saw an exhibition of drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright
<br />with Linda Prince and Stu Parker an astronomer from New Zealand
<br />We had a hot dog picnic in Central Park before heading to
<br />Ground Zero, and after dinner later I was happy to join in
<br />Music Under the Stars , a public star party at an Irish
<br />Concert in Massapequa . We viewed the moon
<br />and Jupiter in a variety of scopes. I gave away Eyes in the Skies DVD's from ESA :-)
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<br />What's Up for August 2009
<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bwY7SLrtUrQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bwY7SLrtUrQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-64473221767402583742009-07-28T07:51:00.000-07:002009-07-30T01:31:02.743-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.alcon2009.org/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWbuL3ZfJI1to1XLJUuyD_sS5P93JH1ydicE12MGU_wGkMSwH9LFN383cZ4XFD76NctPQ9emnNkfTppjM4wBlyshCnU1zK2eCiSep8CbG09FuN2MSn74OMxo-NF-NgwHd2WnqQwiL4H7N/s400/alcon_banner+n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363524304092156338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On August 3rd I head to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hofstra</span> University in Long Island New York for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ALCON</span>. The Astronomical League's annual convention.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.astroleague.org/">Astronomical League</a> is the largest organisation for amateur astronomers in the world.<br />I am proud to be a member , or as overseas members<br />are described " a member at large"<br /><br />Deirdre will be <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >" at large"</span> at their annual convention , and am delighted to be contributing to the event. with two talks and a workshop.<br />Details by clicking on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ALCON</span> EXPO Logo above.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br />Upcoming events in </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" >Armagh</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" > Planetarium a great day out .!!!</span><br />I recommend Manor Park <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Restaurant</span> beside the observatory , very nice indeed.<br />French wonderful :-)<br /><div class="adr"><span dir="ltr" style=""><span class="street-address">2 College Hill</span></span><br /><span dir="ltr" style=""><span class="locality">Armagh</span>, <span class="postal-code">BT61 9DN</span>, <span class="country-name">United Kingdom</span></span><br /></div><span style=""><div><span><nobr class="tel">028 3751 5353</nobr></span></div></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:Helvetica;" ><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">The events are as follows:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1. Public Lecture "Cosmos versus Canvas: Tensions between Art and Science in Astronomy Images", 7.30 pm Tuesday 4 August 2009, in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Armagh</span> Planetarium</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Jayanne</span> English of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada will deliver a free public lecture in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Armagh</span> Planetarium on Tuesday 4 August at 7.30 pm. The title and brief summary of the lecture are: </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"Cosmos versus Canvas: Tensions between Art and Science in Astronomy Images"</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr English is an outstanding speaker who uses bold colour images from telescopes to act as extraordinary ambassadors for astronomers because they provoke huge curiosity in people's minds. The images are especially popular during the International Year of Astronomy, but raise the question whether the snapshots are documenting physical reality or are merely artistic "space-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">scapes</span>" created by digitally manipulating astronomical images. The lecture will provide a tour of how original black and white data, for example from the Hubble Space Telescope, are converted into the familiar colour images gracing newspapers and magazines. Each image can be regarded as a battlefield where the attempt by scientists to represent their discoveries accurately all but drowns out the artistic voice of visual literacy. Yet sometimes in this battle between cultures of science and visual art, both sides win. This struggle will be presented from the perspective of a professional astronomer who has also trained as an artist.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This public lecture is part of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Armagh</span> Observatory's programme of events to support the United Nations International Year of Astronomy 2009.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For tickets to the public lecture, please contact Neil Cullen at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Armagh</span> Planetarium; Tel: 028-3752-4725; Fax: 028-3752-6187; email: <a href="mailto:neil@armaghplanet.com" target="_blank">neil@armaghplanet.com</a> or Aileen McKee at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Armagh</span> Observatory; Tel: 028-3752-2928; Fax: 028-3752-7174; e-mail: <a href="mailto:ambn@arm.ac.uk" target="_blank">ambn@arm.ac.uk</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">2. European Heritage Open Day, Saturday 12 September 2009</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Observatory will open its doors to visitors on Saturday 12 September as part of the annual European Heritage Open Days events organized by the Environment and Heritage Service of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. These open days are a Europe-wide celebration of our heritage, culture and architecture. Many countries in Europe will be taking part by opening, free of charge, properties not usually accessible to the general public. Guided tours will be available at: 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">3. Public Lecture "What is Light?", 7.30 pm Thursday 17 September 2009, in the Market Place Theatre, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Armagh</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Leo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Enright</span>, a broadcaster on Space Exploration and Science will deliver a free public lecture in the Market Place Theatre on Thursday 17 September at 7.30 pm. The title and brief summary of the lecture are: </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"What is Light?"</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Leo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Enright</span> explores the history of Ireland's sometimes tenuous connection with luminosity - while naming and shaming some modern big wicks. He will focus on the importance of continuing public access to dark skies, especially during the present 'Golden Age' of astronomy, whilst noting that historically Ireland has sometimes been defined by the absence of light - as why else would the Romans have called it Hibernia?</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The public lecture is being given as part of the 9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">th</span> European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky that takes place from 17 - 19 September 2009 in the Market Place Theatre, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Armagh</span>. </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For tickets to this public lecture, please contact Aileen McKee at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Armagh</span> Observatory; Tel: 028-3752-2928; Fax: 028-3752-7174; e-mail: <a href="mailto:ambn@arm.ac.uk" target="_blank">ambn@arm.ac.uk</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">4. Public Lecture "Why Are We Here?", 8.00 pm Thursday 22 October 2009, in St. Patrick's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Trian</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Armagh</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr Martin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Hendry</span> of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow will deliver a free public lecture in the Rotunda Theatre, St. Patrick's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Trian</span>, on Thursday 22 October at 8.00 pm. The title and brief summary of the lecture are: </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"Why Are We Here?"</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Since the dawn of civilisation human cultures have sought to understand our place in the universe, asking "big questions" about our cosmic origins. Modern cosmology provides some startling answers to these questions: not only is the universe expanding, but we believe the expansion to be accelerating - driven by a mysterious "dark energy" that challenges our ideas about gravity and the very nature of space and time. Moreover our runaway universe appears to be rather delicately balanced, in the sense that small changes in the laws of nature would result in a very different cosmos - most likely unsuitable for life like us. What does all of this mean for our cosmic origins? Is our universe unique, or do we belong to a "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">multiverse</span>" - a vast ensemble of universes, each with its own laws of nature? In his lecture, Dr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Hendry</span> will explore these, and other, questions posed by the latest cosmological discoveries, and discuss what implications they might have for the existence of life in the universe.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For tickets to this public lecture, please contact Aileen McKee at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Armagh</span> Observatory; Tel: 028-3752-2928; Fax: 028-3752-7174; e-mail: <a href="mailto:ambn@arm.ac.uk" target="_blank">ambn@arm.ac.uk</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span>The BAA have a U TUBE page <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/britishastronomical">click here.</a><br />A familiar face here, the exuberant John Mason, several other videos on the link above.<br />That's all for now<br />Deirdre<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T-v-BBVinpY&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T-v-BBVinpY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-76724962877387170622009-07-12T05:03:00.001-07:002009-07-12T09:49:21.006-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaOc4xR6I7ZvYmFQ1WIaJCWhNdbuJG2J2-fpbbTzWsfR42JDqtrtbTEm6FEIID0l_7pQuRY9pxUqwNvgUgW6bzmW_9Tbz_W2LRkzQqqBmhZb7eegpSQAVpOnQvUxb0skvZJ2S9NaOTC8U/s1600-h/At+Deirdre%27s+Astronomy+and+other+cool+stuff+talk+in+Pembrook+Library+in+Dublin.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaOc4xR6I7ZvYmFQ1WIaJCWhNdbuJG2J2-fpbbTzWsfR42JDqtrtbTEm6FEIID0l_7pQuRY9pxUqwNvgUgW6bzmW_9Tbz_W2LRkzQqqBmhZb7eegpSQAVpOnQvUxb0skvZJ2S9NaOTC8U/s400/At+Deirdre%27s+Astronomy+and+other+cool+stuff+talk+in+Pembrook+Library+in+Dublin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357543252373301826" border="0" /></a><br />At Deirdre 's talk Astronomy and other COOL STUFF in Pembrook Library in Dublin July 8th<br />Astronomy and other COOL STUFF is a fun talk for 8yr olds + part of Dublin City Libraries Summer events. Please contact the libraries directly if you wish to come , all welcome , its free.<br /><br /><br />Still to come this month<br />Deadly Moons - Astronomy Art Workshop Wexford Town Library 11am July 14th<br /><strong>Phone </strong> +353 53 9121637<br /><br /><br />Rapid Rockets and Wicked Robots - Astronomy Art Workshop Donaghmede Library 11am<br /><strong>Telephone:</strong> +353 1 8482833 July 15th<br /><br />Astronomy and other COOL STUFF<br />Finglas Library on July 16th at 11 am<br /><strong>Telephone:</strong> +353 1 8344906<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0txl09V4pBbaUXGMKYKzAdDeEvyQ6TIIHxvKz_nik5R_3RgCAzKajBR6P8-vF8Uzw6sZxp_sZqglHhWVtr_yfFMRPhsfMHaFPYnqCiaWlfJzGYFeCBthmW05VpzPABMjf5La43YPQcEM/s1600-h/blog.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0txl09V4pBbaUXGMKYKzAdDeEvyQ6TIIHxvKz_nik5R_3RgCAzKajBR6P8-vF8Uzw6sZxp_sZqglHhWVtr_yfFMRPhsfMHaFPYnqCiaWlfJzGYFeCBthmW05VpzPABMjf5La43YPQcEM/s400/blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357547303917201234" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="columnContentText">Active Region 1024 July 6th 09:15 UT PST 40 8mm TVP eyepiece. Pastels and Staedtler Ergosoft Pencils on black paper. Seeing - Wilson Scale 3 Some very fine detail visible , the AR was not as busy as the 4th of July. The flares were less active. I just managed this one sketch before the clouds rolled in again. The AR fibrils stood out very clearly from time to time , the plage was much less vibrant than July 4th. The mottling held well defined patterns over large areas. One of the sunspots appeared larger than previous and the penumbra was visible without going up and down the bandwidth of the scope. I sketched in the spots alone first then tuned the scope to pick out the other details visible in the h alpha. That day I decided to use pencil over pastel to try to achieve as exact a sketch as I could. </span>My drawing covers approx 100,000<br />square miles of the solar disc.<br /><br />The link to this sketch made the front page<br />of Spaceweather on July 6th<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5aLuiWYpd1FVqX1fwKmSUlxXohSJ-h-POFQn7MjMDxLAGpSiK0s-O4ptgWxDuQFwD-97_Ww9j9KVbQSik7qytskSFzzSgO4i4IY11FpTgFmlkBC-ms6dPTvbNIqMSEMOe9qZTYfxGY6j/s1600-h/tara-lecture.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5aLuiWYpd1FVqX1fwKmSUlxXohSJ-h-POFQn7MjMDxLAGpSiK0s-O4ptgWxDuQFwD-97_Ww9j9KVbQSik7qytskSFzzSgO4i4IY11FpTgFmlkBC-ms6dPTvbNIqMSEMOe9qZTYfxGY6j/s400/tara-lecture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357549570443378578" border="0" /></a><br />There are some lectures left at TARA in July<br />Contact them directly,click into the image to see it larger.<br /><br />That's all for now - Enjoy Jane Houston Jones What's Up for July below hereDeirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-74710665143249710182009-07-12T04:58:00.000-07:002009-07-12T05:00:03.765-07:00<object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4GnxdSWGSiw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4GnxdSWGSiw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-80915579933186779092009-06-25T04:36:00.000-07:002009-06-26T02:42:29.548-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z9wDDNgUXB4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z9wDDNgUXB4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />A series of still images telling the story of a mural painted by the children of 5th class from O'Connell's Boys National School in Dublin City . Deirdre Kelleghan spoke to the children about the project and this is the result. The mural was initiated by Sarah - Jayne Reid , the school were very supportive to the whole effort.<br /><br />This mural kicked off on April 23rd and finished on<br />Tuesday June 23rd.<br />I was invited to give a presentation to the children from 5th class.<br /><br />Sarah-Jayne Reid a friend and Arts Facilitator kindly got me involved and it took off from there.<br /><br />Sarah-Jayne helped the children to express their ideas on the wall.<br />I did a presentation about Apollo, Our Solar System, Robotic Exploration and some lunar and solar observing with the children.<br /><br />Many thanks to the teachers and pupils from O'Connell's Boys National School for welcoming me to their classrooms. Thanks to Sarah - Jayne Reid for the invite to get involved with these very creative Dublin school children. Thanks also to Dr Carolina Odman from UNAWE for the Cornerstones interest in sharing the enthusiasm shown by these Irish children.<br /><br />UNAWE Special Focus Children's Voices http://www.unawe.org/joomla/<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAz7oXe_x7vRz2Dl7C26N4Ol6jo9oJo8c3RK7s3IJ7Fh3pRN_jEkczVqzPZ0hmftZt8lAzKAI_w_twawT6uirSjO5kcw971j_yT-mVhRRLjdoRJ92OuEZZ4lH0yzke5wF0t1rBhfSt7B4/s1600-h/Kids+3D+web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAz7oXe_x7vRz2Dl7C26N4Ol6jo9oJo8c3RK7s3IJ7Fh3pRN_jEkczVqzPZ0hmftZt8lAzKAI_w_twawT6uirSjO5kcw971j_yT-mVhRRLjdoRJ92OuEZZ4lH0yzke5wF0t1rBhfSt7B4/s400/Kids+3D+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351565486834117810" border="0" /></a><br />Children enjoy the 3D images from Stereo<br /><br />SOLARFEST 2009 was really good last weekend .<br />89 Euro was collected in lieu of HB Ice Cream for Downs Syndrome Ireland.<br />6 more blocks of HB Ice Cream are yet to be exchanged for euros, any takers ???? :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvnpwKLXVcvR5TUboxSOT5_ThtJUNjkm0Y0vF-6CcOcAlInIcV5o7AjR0pdnxLhfhi5zrtndJbUnl7486F5dvCWLzfvGZry5OvhfjDEy9UAxEv1Dv6Mb5L6WJFL4yfZbM_7_8xWk6ONu9/s1600-h/Nick+web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvnpwKLXVcvR5TUboxSOT5_ThtJUNjkm0Y0vF-6CcOcAlInIcV5o7AjR0pdnxLhfhi5zrtndJbUnl7486F5dvCWLzfvGZry5OvhfjDEy9UAxEv1Dv6Mb5L6WJFL4yfZbM_7_8xWk6ONu9/s400/Nick+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351566555086828066" border="0" /></a><br />Nick Howes - Astronomy Now speaking at Dunsink during SOLARFEST<br />Thanks to all the speakers , the standard set a high bar for 2010.<br />Thanks to all who donated and to all who attended . I would hope to have a bigger<br />event next year with a more expansive program. Many thanks to DIAS for funding the<br />event , and to Hilary O Donnell for her continued support.<br />Thanks to Goddard Space Center for the excellent solar outreach material.<br /><br /><br /><br />That's all for now more to come :-)<br /><br />Deirdre Kelleghan - skysketcher@gmail.com<br />Outreach Coordinator IFAS<br />http://www.irishastronomy.org/<br />http://www.deirdrekelleghan.com/<br />https://twitter.com/skysketcherDeirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-46500206432430413102009-04-26T11:05:00.000-07:002009-05-11T13:28:18.297-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCT-QBDfQyGq_e2Zz3pLOk4ZUYEO0MG8pa9-vG5h2zyxsHZv1ovf5TH5sh_WzehRUt8SjjuNyPUPtU4Ywf79smy0H5PM_B4N6V2a9IH2M4UMOzq79kQKawFHbL4ZyVSnqaQUD90K7JMQ-/s1600-h/Drawing+Day+Flyer.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCT-QBDfQyGq_e2Zz3pLOk4ZUYEO0MG8pa9-vG5h2zyxsHZv1ovf5TH5sh_WzehRUt8SjjuNyPUPtU4Ywf79smy0H5PM_B4N6V2a9IH2M4UMOzq79kQKawFHbL4ZyVSnqaQUD90K7JMQ-/s400/Drawing+Day+Flyer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334639206335176546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Click in to see all the venues where<br />National Drawing Day</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > will go on !! :-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Contact details end of poster.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jpxl-epKBFI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jpxl-epKBFI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /><br />What's Up for May 2009 features our sun :-)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >What's going on ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Introduction to Astronomy in Ireland</span> -<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deirdre Kelleghan Outreach Coordinator IFAS</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />May 12th 2009 Ballymun Library 6:30 pm </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ballymun Library, Main St., Ballymun, Dublin 1 Tel. 842 1890, Email. ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie Free talk</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ireland and The Moon Landings:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Some personal reminiscences</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">An illustrated talk with Professor Denis O’Sullivan of NASA, to commemorate Irish involvement in the Apollo Space missions from 1969-1972</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St. - Thursday 14th May at 6.30p </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >Booking Essential on 01 6744873. Admission Free.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br />National Drawing Day 2009 May 23rd</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >3 pm</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">in conjunction with The National Gallery of Ireland.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" > Dunsink</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Observatory Moon drawing workshop contact Deirdre 0872893828 Free</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >My </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" >Museum</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > Series May 24th</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">National </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" >Museum</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" >Kildare</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Street Dublin.<br />Deadly Moons a Moon drawing workshop for children<br />with Deirdre Kelleghan </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Free event</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Deadly Moons is an art/astronomy drawing workshop which has been absorbed into </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" >UNAWE</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" >ie</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Universe Awareness for Young Children. A cornerstone project for International Year of Astronomy 2009.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRiDSMTmi3T23nIAliYTRBM31tyG4qQtL0jiYvb32IOtWOQBMYz8DEfdhX74H_hkq-xSnBMnQakpEvX7eglazeBr-34cX8KdMwRdW2Z4UKEO-eyuczJcvtOsdyg9KHi__CBBtBHgZN1XT/s1600-h/Enceladus+by+a+pupil+from+Scoil+Oilibh%C3%A9ir+Blanchardstown.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRiDSMTmi3T23nIAliYTRBM31tyG4qQtL0jiYvb32IOtWOQBMYz8DEfdhX74H_hkq-xSnBMnQakpEvX7eglazeBr-34cX8KdMwRdW2Z4UKEO-eyuczJcvtOsdyg9KHi__CBBtBHgZN1XT/s400/Enceladus+by+a+pupil+from+Scoil+Oilibh%C3%A9ir+Blanchardstown.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334656481578109186" border="0" /></a><br /><span lang="en-us"><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >Enceladus by a pupil from Scoil Oilibhéir Blanchardstown<br /></span></b></span><br /><span lang="en-us"><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >May Events Darwin 200</span></b></span><p> </p> <p><span lang="en-us"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >______________________________<wbr>__</span></span> </p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bealtaine Festival of Outdoor Science</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Location: Southeast Ireland</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Date: 17th - 24th May 2009</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The annual Bealtaine festival of outdoor science in the Southeast is organised by CALMAST at Waterford IT and will have as its theme this year : Biodiversity through natural selection. Over 50 events scheduled.</span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">______________________________<wbr>__</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Is the Human Y Chromosome Running Out of Time?</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Location: Royal College of Surgeons - O'Flanagan lecture Theatre</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Date: Wednesday 20 May 2009 7 pm</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">This year in honour of Charles Darwin's 200th year anniversary, Professor Jennifer A. Marshall Graves</span></span><span lang="en-ie" style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:Arial;">will</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> give the annual</span></span><span lang="en-ie" style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:Arial;">RCSI</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:Arial;">outreach lecture - the theme Evolution. In this exciting lecture, Professor Jenny Graves outlines why the human Y chromosome is running out of time and how it could lose its last 45 genes in just 10 million years. What happens when SRY disappears? Would this be the end of the line for humans? Professor Graves explains the latest scientific research and discuss why, as the human Y runs out of options, new sex determining genes may evolve, potentially leading to different hominid species. Jenny is an inspirational speaker and this event promises to be one of the most entertaining events in our calendar this year.</span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">______________________________<wbr>__</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The X Club - Thomas Henry Huxley</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Location: National Location: National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology</span></span><span lang="en-ie" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">, Kildare Street, Dublin 2</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span lang="en-ie" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Audience: Ages 8-12</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Date: Saturday 6 June 2009</span></span> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Known as Darwin's Bulldog, Huxley was one of the first anatomists to link birds to dinosaurs. Join an anatomy class with a difference!</span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-ie" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Booking essential - contact <a href="mailto:BookingsKS@museum.ie" target="_blank">BookingsKS@museum.ie</a> or 01-6486332</span></span></p><p><span lang="en-ie" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></span> </p><br /><br /><br />If you would like a moon drawing workshop for your school or group contact me<br />skysketcher@gmail.com<br /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="600" height="400" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fskysketcher%2Falbumid%2F5329054521125712081%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-79098883293921493722009-04-13T05:31:00.000-07:002009-06-16T03:03:42.113-07:00Easter Proms in Scarlet and Sunshine YellowPST 40 mm/8mm TVP eyepiece<br />Sketch 1 = 12:50 UT 11/04/09<br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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An active busy prom on the NW limb about 350 degrees PA ,<br />was accompanied by a spike like ribbon of plasma.What to use ? ink? pastel? pencil ? what suits my mood.?<br />Relax your sick an inner voice said, go the easy route have some fun.<br /><br />Gorgeous Windsor and Newton inks in their individual packages always makes me smile.<br />Sunshine Yellow , with the Summer Sunburst dolly girl , yep cool plasma in a jar.<br /><br />My new teeny tiny watercolor brushes, a mother's day gift.<br /><br />I only managed three sketches in between large dawdling clouds.<br />Occasionally fast moving grey cumulus spilled into my h alpha view like squid ink<br />bursting, obscuring , the billions of tons of material in my target.<br /><br />A relaxing slow afternoon , following the sun around my garden, with Miss Sunshine Yellow on a tiny brush.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Easter Sunday<br /><br />The interesting prom dance continues , Sunshine Yellow to begin but I am itching to try new watercolors and the tiniest brush on the planet. Looking at my box of full pans, Scarlet seems the closest block to h alpha realism.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNpzBCxWWI/AAAAAAAAKtk/lWaE5hrRQYY/s1600-h/img099.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 162px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNpzBCxWWI/AAAAAAAAKtk/lWaE5hrRQYY/s400/img099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324215509656361314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sketch 4 = 14:20 UT 12/04/09<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNlmEWBFyI/AAAAAAAAKsc/4f1iE_3TlIA/s1600-h/img100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 149px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNlmEWBFyI/AAAAAAAAKsc/4f1iE_3TlIA/s400/img100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324210889157580578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />!5:00UT<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNl1_SR2OI/AAAAAAAAKsk/1LTGoLN1jYg/s1600-h/img101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 147px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNl1_SR2OI/AAAAAAAAKsk/1LTGoLN1jYg/s400/img101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324211162677631202" border="0" /></a><br />16:30UT<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNmDtOdi6I/AAAAAAAAKss/RQKCOTI4Oj8/s1600-h/img102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 146px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNmDtOdi6I/AAAAAAAAKss/RQKCOTI4Oj8/s400/img102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324211398347951010" border="0" /></a><br />17:10UT<br />Oh the joy of tiny action, tiny brush strokes, tiny imperceptible movement. Time lapsed drawings capturing monumental energy, flinging itself thousands of miles into space. Leaping energy anchored to our star by its massive gravity.<br /><br />I decide on alternate ink and watercolor sketches as an experiment , why not.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNmrd9kFmI/AAAAAAAAKs0/FLvX84QmX4s/s1600-h/img103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 174px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNmrd9kFmI/AAAAAAAAKs0/FLvX84QmX4s/s400/img103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324212081445312098" border="0" /></a><br />14:40UT<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNm8Yi5jcI/AAAAAAAAKs8/A5Y6siW47BY/s1600-h/img104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 172px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNm8Yi5jcI/AAAAAAAAKs8/A5Y6siW47BY/s400/img104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324212372049071554" border="0" /></a><br />15:20UT<br /><br /><br />I shield my eyes from the sunlight in order to see these features erupting outward from our star. My cat helps herself to a drink of scarlet tinted water , she likes to get involved.<br /><br />17:00 UT my Mimosa tree is getting in the way of my prom. I have to move my whole shebang left twenty feet and backwards to catch the falling disc.<br /><br />Time to throw dinner in the oven.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNnK-Ba6uI/AAAAAAAAKtE/AxS_AuyjxTo/s1600-h/img105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 173px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNnK-Ba6uI/AAAAAAAAKtE/AxS_AuyjxTo/s400/img105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324212622627367650" border="0" /></a><br />16:00UT<br /><br /><br />Watercolor tends to dry quickly in the sun, ink stays wet on the brush for longer. Both ink and watercolor work well for prominences, shade works , helps evaporation. The suns heat crystallises the ink on the rim of the bottle.<br /><br />17:45 UT Tiny leafs swaying in the breeze block ginormous proms. I follow sun beams between trees to watch the distant show.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNnan7n20I/AAAAAAAAKtM/LVdk_ekwTNw/s1600-h/img106.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 184px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNnan7n20I/AAAAAAAAKtM/LVdk_ekwTNw/s400/img106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324212891575376706" border="0" /></a><br />16:45UT<br /><br />My tiny 5/0 brush barely exists , just a few strands.<br /><br />17:55 UT My little block of scarlet sits neatly on my tripod head.<br />My oven is beeping , time to do the veg.<br /><br />After finishing the set , I get the urge to super size the last two sketches , one ink, one watercolor.<br />I watch skinny twigs thirty feet away obscuring my view. They move like window wipers , my prom flickers. Another move backwards a quick view , two quick final sketches.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNnsiQbzpI/AAAAAAAAKtU/uzb8tnuYXYE/s1600-h/img097.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 203px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNnsiQbzpI/AAAAAAAAKtU/uzb8tnuYXYE/s400/img097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324213199289699986" border="0" /></a><br />17:05 UT<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNn8gVWBTI/AAAAAAAAKtc/Z0pmXCUga6k/s1600-h/img098.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 197px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y3Aqd7VA7Ak/SeNn8gVWBTI/AAAAAAAAKtc/Z0pmXCUga6k/s400/img098.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324213473651328306" border="0" /></a><br />17:20UT<br />Best to rescue the dinner now. Stuffed chicken , roast honey glazed ham, roast potatoes , york cabbage and carrots. Eaglehawk Cabernet Sauvignon and Ortas Rasteau Cote De Rhone. ChocolateDeirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-41595818902048503782009-04-07T12:52:00.001-07:002009-04-07T13:19:33.060-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IB1JNn694E&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IB1JNn694E&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />What's Up for April with Jane Houston Jones<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDWhq7p4sX5z2H6cEqSdW1D2v4-DrNUi7vSrb7QQi7Wcl6rU52YUMayfhJ4hJvOcCxInKOhjtazIYCzXE5zwgKnWQzOxIJRTjAg8lJMimCfgO3EIqZyH5AcpiIoChf_6IjvYyP1tiSJNL/s1600-h/APRIL+POSTER+bb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDWhq7p4sX5z2H6cEqSdW1D2v4-DrNUi7vSrb7QQi7Wcl6rU52YUMayfhJ4hJvOcCxInKOhjtazIYCzXE5zwgKnWQzOxIJRTjAg8lJMimCfgO3EIqZyH5AcpiIoChf_6IjvYyP1tiSJNL/s400/APRIL+POSTER+bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322040050025478546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />IAS April Talk<br />Stephen Roche has taken a leap forward in his<br />imaging of night sky objects from his garden<br />in Waterford. Do come along and see for yourself<br />the stunning astro photo's he is producing these days.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUg79H1m9Vz3tJlupJ9UnsQZAGNj2-XxiRQn9FByzoibaMW3gojTEymJR45mM3UtosezOTIzOrUTNyjWOEsY01RWkdRRLBjEO7Eay55HpkNRmkx9Q98ulm9gheJ1rzgFhrg4ljTOQc39fk/s1600-h/iya_logo_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUg79H1m9Vz3tJlupJ9UnsQZAGNj2-XxiRQn9FByzoibaMW3gojTEymJR45mM3UtosezOTIzOrUTNyjWOEsY01RWkdRRLBjEO7Eay55HpkNRmkx9Q98ulm9gheJ1rzgFhrg4ljTOQc39fk/s400/iya_logo_thumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322046272704963346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><table style="width: 34px; height: 112px;" class="contentpaneopen" id="jevents" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="contentheading"><br /></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br /></td><td class="buttonheading" align="right"> <br /></td> <td class="buttonheading" align="right"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><br /></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td colspan="5"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ev_detail" colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ev_detail" colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Other April events in the Darwin 200 series<br /><br />UCC Darwin Exhibition<br />This fascinating little exhibition contains some real gems from the<br />Universities library, Natural History and Geology collections.<br />Among the speciments on display are animals collected (and stuffed) by Darwin<br />on the Beagle voyage and among the books is a first edition of "The Origin<br />of Species" which was on the libraries lending shelves until the 1960's<br />and which contains "Darwin-denying" margin notes. The exhibition was due<br />to end last week but has been extended to run until Easter. Please<br />contact the Boole Library to check it is still on!<br /><br /><br /><br />Alien Evolution<br />Location: Blackrock Castle Observatory<br />Date: April 6 - April 19 2009 from 11 am<br />The Alien Evolution workshop takes a fun look at how aliens might have<br />evolved on very different planets. Spend a morning making aliens over<br />the Easter break at Blackrock Castle Observatory. Just drop in any day<br />from next Monday April 6 to Sunday April 19 from 11am for the one and a<br />half hour workshops. Price €5.00 per child. Suitable for children aged<br />6-10. Younger children are welcome if accompanied by a parent.<br /><br /><br />Debating Darwin<br />RTE Radio 1<br />New six-part series presented by Damien Walshe, produced by Peter Mooney<br />Friday nights at 8:30pm, episodes also available for download after the<br />broadcast dates<br />Further details: <a href="http://www.rte.ie/radio1/debatingdarwin/1084146.html" target="_blank">http://www.rte.ie/radio1/<wbr>debatingdarwin/1084146.html</a>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-81143951977538153342009-04-06T06:14:00.001-07:002009-04-06T08:48:47.282-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75XNC0LYTohgVWWc2rMZFAQTjSEeepYN5q97I-7tHvubg142PygN_g7jKZQ3lJmj2K4b8Fdev_b2aozmlWg1vreyVWe7vJoEaO5Yen7lldi8TcZY6s6KxousoLbJ_D_YDoNQ9XGllWlV0/s1600-h/iya_logo_thumb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjMnRzPukhv3rq6nVR3GNu0DwsNBbdjdOtkGuj_aHMA7nlo0qR3KL5O6rYoMYIwF6v7n2gWWOJlozma80NUPiY21zrossalZjEwk4m74T9XHn5Ad03hDMN4J6H3gDC38OviUIGop_0cUr/s400/glendalough+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321572369949229666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">One Hundred Hours of Astronomy in a nutshell </span></span><br /><br />Many families enjoyed a good look at the night sky with members of The IAS and SDAS in Glendalough.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYEsOiU_uW_7arbyLi5kY9vAUptw1WgxNP2Fc-lCGq68SY5UTRs0NI3fV55IS3x6xz_s11kaxDe4xK77m5zPa_QDEqd7_HsY8Ft-nLjZ_bdSMQNH7_KiBOLHA6ONVV40ETFLNiXcr_ohk/s1600-h/glendalough+040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle1ewEZp-5Vt7ydfPKC_260VvfGJahH98lXILip9ehbO2QpyRi-St3l4mu5getYQBpCC0lo5WGYVzQMlriiaHOP7g1vK_jTCuIlsXHhlWmrKHmQJiUtCkKLiLaYX6JDL5J0cJ8K35CPCz/s400/glendalough+026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321571770875841490" border="0" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SEaI5UqYrPc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SEaI5UqYrPc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" >When you go down to the woods these days<br />you sure get a BIG surprise!!!</span><br /><br />Saturn and our lovely Moon in Glendalough in International Year of Astronomy :-)<br /><br /><span>April 4th 2009 210 people attended this free public star party in Wicklow Mountains National Park.<br />The Irish Astronomical Society ran this event as part of 100 Hours of Astronomy, a cornerstone project for International Year of Astro</span><span>nomy 2009.<br />As well as being for 100 Hours it was also a Saturn Observation Campaign event. Cassini bookmarks and Saturn moon cards were given to all attending.<br />This event was part of 20 events in Ireland the majority of which were under the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies umbrella.<br />Our lovely moon and Saturn were the main targets, but many constellations were shown to the eager families who formed long queues at each of the eight telescopes. Many thanks to Michael Murphy, Val Dunne, David Branigan, Keith Deveney, James Kelly,Philip Lardner and Paul from The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies who shared the wonderful sky with great energy and enthusiasm.<br />Thanks also to Wicklow Mountains National Park, Ian Edwards, John Kinsella and the park staff for being so attentive.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" >Other IAS events for 100 Hours</span><br /><br />E learning in the bus provided by Dublin City Libraries Thursday April 2nd in Bluebell Dublin.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRXIKGACCV3ssn7xtUx9aHb-TAHoVYFWJDhQPb7DC8dLEcu50HMPCw1FSNyhDjifdAw-mPoGCAQqU6J1hchW2CtouG6M-UPda3_SFLDMnj0f9bib13BhdYh4nRDk7_7x_xDPnFuGsiTD1/s1600-h/Bluebell+067.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRXIKGACCV3ssn7xtUx9aHb-TAHoVYFWJDhQPb7DC8dLEcu50HMPCw1FSNyhDjifdAw-mPoGCAQqU6J1hchW2CtouG6M-UPda3_SFLDMnj0f9bib13BhdYh4nRDk7_7x_xDPnFuGsiTD1/s400/Bluebell+067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321576230555363090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyulUxkY3tkbhbBsWryuHuQdMKmYaUWW6JfaMi0jNGMC4hCk_r0CmMS_L8QCDD9wFE2o-xyByeRGFZMTgf7u_3crokPoV1QALEkBnJoPVXtDECL1hT7iQk1cjhOaABohZRcrFHN9H5cJu/s1600-h/Bluebell+066.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyulUxkY3tkbhbBsWryuHuQdMKmYaUWW6JfaMi0jNGMC4hCk_r0CmMS_L8QCDD9wFE2o-xyByeRGFZMTgf7u_3crokPoV1QALEkBnJoPVXtDECL1hT7iQk1cjhOaABohZRcrFHN9H5cJu/s400/Bluebell+066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321576744547075602" border="0" /></a>Teacher Rosin O'Shea is delighted to get Cassini information on the e learning bus. April 2nd<br /><br />The bus driver gets a look at a lovely prom on the SW limb of the sun.<br />20 Children and their teachers get to look at the solar disc and prom<br /><br />Dublin City Libraries e learning bus<br />outside Our Lady of the Wayside NS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DOqzSGH6VC5kT2_8X8DkutxB6HcSwYh8TRUYl93CwReTKo_TiqkpCh2ZoT-YhScBAMYWknEcO8LZX7QnVJBIz3ra5pB60SHUYO5uPJov0uG7M0QTrDMfndbRqcsBuW34kDJBkmqFFPNM/s1600-h/Bluebell+038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DOqzSGH6VC5kT2_8X8DkutxB6HcSwYh8TRUYl93CwReTKo_TiqkpCh2ZoT-YhScBAMYWknEcO8LZX7QnVJBIz3ra5pB60SHUYO5uPJov0uG7M0QTrDMfndbRqcsBuW34kDJBkmqFFPNM/s400/Bluebell+038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321579535421165346" border="0" /></a><br />in Bluebell on a blue day in Dublin April 2nd<br /><br />Deirdre heads to the Central Library in the ILAC center to do a talk on Galileo April 2nd 6pm<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PwebOJhfOIGfzOi64MVRxkLe3lZB9i7Qs_KjEaz9W1dPh_k1BbBFOz9XdQoWjF-M48h1lKQRIkGjQNwvOunMmJTgWdlEzuBwBkXoLhusKE8KYWLr3u3aDWldopB-MnAQw7c1hutOUv_C/s1600-h/E+bus+Sandymount+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw7K-injKEzufz0yL4dR4lnre2iRAIKYJQHKk6VhRVOJDelS3MAlJTxiAe8NiAN-OdQLyG0hoyP9ToK8fknLwiJe4c49ccpU_HzBVTdhjy2_XPcRkPkMadf5TMjoF7USGu9FISE4fGumX/s400/GUY1_05b-WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315669305545497074" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Br Guy Consolmagno is the special International Guest Speaker of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Br Guys visit is supported by DIAS, Blackrock Castle Observatory , Gonzaga College COSMOS , SDAS and The Irish Astronomical Society.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Guy Consolmagno at Gonzaga College</span><br /><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Talk title: The Galileo Wars. March 26th 8pm<br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Science is always shaped by what is happening in the broader society that supports it, and the science of the 17th century was no different. We examine how Galileo's work challenged the science of the day; how it was shaped by the fortunes of the Spanish during the 30 Years War; and the effect on science in the Catholic world after his famous trial.</span></div><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Guy Consolmagno at Dunsink Observatory Friday March 27th </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;">6:45 pm sharp - </span><u><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;">send me an e mail if you want to come to this , limited seating.</span><br /><br /></u></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">skysketcher@gmail.com</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><u><br /></u></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><u><br /></u></span><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;"> <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:130%;" ><br />Talk Title: Pluto and Planets X: Is Pluto a Planet? And Why Does It Matter?</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /></div> <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >Less than 15 years ago, the first "trans-Neptunian Object" besides Pluto was discovered. Within the past five years, a rush of new discoveries have revealed a number of bodies whose size rivals that of Pluto. What are these objects? Where did they come from, and what can they tell us about the origin and evolution of the solar system? How are these objects found, and why they only being discovered now? Finally, are they indeed new planets? Who gets to say, and how is this determined? What did the IAU finally decide, and how was that decision reached? Observing these objects, and observing their observers, is a revealing story in both the science and politics of planetary astronomy.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Guy Consolmagno at COSMOS Saturday March 28th</span><br /></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />Talk title :Are Asteroids Fluffy?</span><a href="http://www.midlandsastronomy.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> http://www.midlandsastronomy.com/</span></span></a><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;"><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"> <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Recent spaceprobe visits to asteroids, the discovery of satellites in orbit around asteroids, and an analysis of how asteroids perturb other solar system bodies, plus advances in radar and infrared measurements to give us asteroid sized and shapes, has led to reliable determination of asteroid densities. In addition, these data allow an exploration of how small body shapes, densities, and spin states are related, allowing the lessons of the asteroid belt to be applied to trans-Neptunian objects and a possible definition of the boundary between small solar system objects and dwarf planets. When compared to the densities of the meteorites believed to come from the asteroid belt, a new understanding is emerging of how asteroids are put together -- with implications both for the origin of planets and for fhttp://www.midlandsastronomy.com/uture human encounters with Ne<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ar Earth Objects.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For more details about COSMOS look here </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://www.midlandsastronomy.com/">http://www.midlandsastronomy.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For Details of Br Guys Visit to Blackrock Castle Observatory look here<br /><a href="http://www.bco.ie/IYA/vatican.html"><br /> http://www.bco.ie/IYA/vatican.html</a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br />What's UP for March - Galileo's Saturn from Jane Houston Jones</span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GTZvM5RjGX8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GTZvM5RjGX8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />nightskysketcher<br /></span><br /><br /></span></div></div>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-34049975758498113432009-02-19T14:02:00.000-08:002009-02-21T06:39:03.228-08:00<div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div>Hi everyone , now the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies have kindly set up a talk and a workshop in Dunsink for your pleasure.<br />Myself and the IAS would like to invite all IFAS club reps and members to come along to Dunsink Observatory on Saturday February 28th.<br /><br /><br />Dunsink Observatory is a great venue, with a bright future.<br />Come along and see what it is like, come along and we can all<br />have a talk about how amateur astronomy clubs in this country<br />can perhaps get involved with Dunsink.<br />4pm till late o clock<br /><br /><br />Bring your laptops<br />Bring your telescopes if you like.<br />Bring your cameras <img src="http://www.irishastronomy.org/cms/components/com_fireboard/template/default_ex/images/english/emoticons/smile.png" alt="" style="border: 0px none ; vertical-align: middle;" /><br />Let me know it you intend to come along skysketcher@gmail.com<br />The talk will be given by a DIAS scientist and will be on<br />the subjects of radio and optical astronomy.<br /><br />The workshop will be on a new scientific database on the<br />Jetset Project.<br />http://www.jetsets.org/home.html<br /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="style1 style5" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">JETSET is a four-year Marie Curie Research Training Network (RTN) designed to build a vibrant interdisciplinary European Research and Training community centered on rigorous and novel approaches to plasma jet studies, with a focus on flows produced during star formation.</span></h2>A bit to eat , a cup of tea, and with a bit of luck a spot<br />of observing will end the afternoon/evening session.<br /><br />Give me some idea of how many will come along to this ,thanks<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >March Speaker please note the date March 9th </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwikkeJi9T1ZZd2vwXemCAiHJzDtfuYysYs1xxM5OhC9jAXgTnRHRTkpPrRrkK96Dy_jCzqxlDYFA_E69j2omlo3jmCabqBvSa91PiHg9dbKRz29fw2aSbCYv2Z8xB_15VBcHEARyX-Mr_/s1600-h/JFlan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwikkeJi9T1ZZd2vwXemCAiHJzDtfuYysYs1xxM5OhC9jAXgTnRHRTkpPrRrkK96Dy_jCzqxlDYFA_E69j2omlo3jmCabqBvSa91PiHg9dbKRz29fw2aSbCYv2Z8xB_15VBcHEARyX-Mr_/s400/JFlan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304632665752717106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Click on poster to see it bigger<br />Next speaker is John Flannery on March 9th<br />Binary Stars Double the Fun<br /><br />Here are a few pics from Professor Mike Redfern and Dave McDonalds talks in Dunsink on Monday 16th Feb<br />Once again our thanks goes to Hilary O'Donnell for her support on the night, and to to DIAS for making such a great venue available to the Irish Astronomical Society.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquKp8iRSUeusF_fTRNV7Lb6JMG9NrpQDfpXaqYxChMikR6l1MogifpzLkAQIO1eJseaRJwtN9L_7vrF491WqdZGxFyFvhAp09LPFe53paWpCmFU1ZxDAP-eN98b8fKGCQt4U_1sZMgERs/s1600-h/3288039443_0076caaaeb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquKp8iRSUeusF_fTRNV7Lb6JMG9NrpQDfpXaqYxChMikR6l1MogifpzLkAQIO1eJseaRJwtN9L_7vrF491WqdZGxFyFvhAp09LPFe53paWpCmFU1ZxDAP-eN98b8fKGCQt4U_1sZMgERs/s400/3288039443_0076caaaeb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304633245108041698" border="0" /></a><br />Professor Mike Redfern as Galileo checks out the South Telescope<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yj4I35GD9t91y3kD4KbeNVf-DzTlUAvPY8Tb_967Lyf5FIMRYcgdYvbADd8yXfboDWwNfJ0E0CZzsBTWjNgRbPnsYrwB5HsFyBKQNaX8yrsoP395hROLq6-SJaIr0xbUDiMDO2LKrTZI/s1600-h/3288876236_b3a180af37.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yj4I35GD9t91y3kD4KbeNVf-DzTlUAvPY8Tb_967Lyf5FIMRYcgdYvbADd8yXfboDWwNfJ0E0CZzsBTWjNgRbPnsYrwB5HsFyBKQNaX8yrsoP395hROLq6-SJaIr0xbUDiMDO2LKrTZI/s400/3288876236_b3a180af37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304634531417583810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dave McDonald Mike Redfern and Deirdre Kelleghan<br />in the Dome at Dunsink<br /><br />Booklet available in Dublin City Libraries on our public events in March, April and May which are in conjunction with Dublin City Libraries and Dunsink Observatory<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Other interesting events around the place.<br />Darwin 200 </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span><h2 style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Climate change, plant extinction and evolution: </span></h2> <div><b>Location:</b> LTEE3, Hamilton Building, Trinity College<br /><b>Date:</b> 26th February 2009 4pm </div> <p>Fossil plant groups have waxed and waned over geological time since their first tentative steps onto land over 450 million years ago. This talk will place the composition of current world vegetation into a 'deep time' perspective by illustrating the macroevolotionary and macroecological patterns of different plant groups over the last 450 million years. more... </p> <p> </p> <p><b>Darwin Exhibition Opens at UCC Library</b></p></span></span> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Exhibition of specimens collected by Charles Darwin)</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Location</b>: UCC library</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Audience</b>: General public</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Date</b>: Opening February 12th 2009</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Contact</b>: Siobhan Bowman 021 4902282; e-mail <a href="mailto:s.bowman@ucc.ie" target="_blank">s.bowman@ucc.ie</a></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span> </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A special exhibtion <span>opened on </span>Feb 12th highlighting Cork<span>'</span>s connections to the man credited with devloping and explaining the theory of evolution by natural selection.</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The exhibit includes species colected by Darwin in Maldonado, Patagonia, In South America during the HMS Beagle voyage ( 1831 -1836). Also on display will be a first edition of Darwin<span>'</span>s <span>'On </span>the Origin of Species<span>',</span> part of <span>the </span>UCC library<span>'s</span> Special Collection. </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Further details: <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://www.ucc.ie/en/mandc/news/fullstory,69761,en.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucc.ie/<wbr>en/mandc/news/fullstory,69761,<wbr>en.html</a></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>Darwin's Study</b></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Exhibition)</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Location</b>: <span>National Botanic Gardens, </span>Glasnevin<span>, </span>Dublin</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Audience</b>: <span>General Public</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Date</b>: Opening 12th February 2009 Weekdays 9am - 5pm </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Contact</b>: <span>Natinal </span>Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Phone: +353 (0)1 804 0319.</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span></span> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span>The exhibition "Darwin's Study" is now open, on weekdays 9-5 in the herbarium, see:<br /><a href="http://www.botanicgardens.ie/news/20090209.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: rgb(93, 119, 90);">http://www.botanicgardens.ie/<wbr>news/20090209.htm</span></b></a><br />This small exhibition will be expanded soon, adding some new pages showing other facets of Darwin's life.</span></div>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-22289207424234862162008-10-02T04:19:00.000-07:002008-10-26T06:15:53.404-07:00Whirlpool 2008 Summary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NBZXzx7psp_2YEmZAf6YcVa4hDtAODBRZJAPkNbMA4ue6AiCSmgFjCSp2XGgJTu3L21jEhV4grrdheKsPNjUKJt0tkSZppcQLtWjZw9spyUIY_L3xLl0Nd8JuUrI-dSiDG4YATsk9nUS/s1600-h/Birr+2008+088.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NBZXzx7psp_2YEmZAf6YcVa4hDtAODBRZJAPkNbMA4ue6AiCSmgFjCSp2XGgJTu3L21jEhV4grrdheKsPNjUKJt0tkSZppcQLtWjZw9spyUIY_L3xLl0Nd8JuUrI-dSiDG4YATsk9nUS/s320/Birr+2008+088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252525736256588306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Leviathan at Birr Castle</span> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2008 Whirlpool Star Party Summary</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quotes of the weekend</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Ian Ridpath said that Deirdre and Sally were<br />"An explosive combustible combination" we took it as a compliment:-)<br />He also claimed to be our warm up act , he had a wry sense of humour.</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" href="http://www.ianridpath.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ianridpath.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Ian's presentation on the history of the constellations held everyone in tow for the first hour.<br />He delivered a very interesting comprehensive overview of how the constellations got their names.<br /><br />After a short break our talk " A Tale of Two Skysketchers " was next. Sally Russell and I were very pleased with the response and interest from the audience. Our ppt was about our lunar and solar sketching adventures. We left out our messier objects, comets and planets as it would have been toooooooooooo long .<br />Sally Russell's Cloudynights Gallery link</span><br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><a href="http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showgallery.php?thumb=1&cat=500&si=TheChemist&perpage=12&sort=2&stype=&ppuser" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">http://www.cloudynights.com/</span><wbr><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">photopost/showgallery.php?</span><wbr style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">thumb=1&cat=500&si=TheChemist&</span><wbr style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">perpage=12&sort=2&stype=&</span><wbr style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">ppuser</span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">=</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > </span></span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHqfiZtHCIZ2oQLvEi295THz-7-q6R2SKpf-FJB9xqYR4zJ2i0G8agcH2uXCvSLrQZfj60cRyPB4X6H75V29kvEo5RFss_enHpF22oHP05p6FUekGu1Z1RyNh9zS39hKm10ssy6umW7KA/s1600-h/Birr+2008+013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHqfiZtHCIZ2oQLvEi295THz-7-q6R2SKpf-FJB9xqYR4zJ2i0G8agcH2uXCvSLrQZfj60cRyPB4X6H75V29kvEo5RFss_enHpF22oHP05p6FUekGu1Z1RyNh9zS39hKm10ssy6umW7KA/s320/Birr+2008+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252520844625788578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMW2ArLLXXS9thE05G_Wdc4adde5p3PJwO6L4fHpMLMjUhh_1NKIGNUTcNHQkudvft8KBN7SSqn2lPlxPMmsRAbrZK9uHocyFUVkJKfzT8iSKgvWOKJjNHD7t84v1Gqi0jQO0FQW6t_zv/s1600-h/Birr+2008+015.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMW2ArLLXXS9thE05G_Wdc4adde5p3PJwO6L4fHpMLMjUhh_1NKIGNUTcNHQkudvft8KBN7SSqn2lPlxPMmsRAbrZK9uHocyFUVkJKfzT8iSKgvWOKJjNHD7t84v1Gqi0jQO0FQW6t_zv/s320/Birr+2008+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252541250546174626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Our class keep an eye on the lunar video<br />Frank Ryan Jr ponders Theophilus<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />We followed our presentation after lunch with a very well attended hands on workshop on astronomical sketching !!!<br />We had live video footage of the lunar surface (video by John Adair provided by Sally) showing a choice of craters and sketching targets. We offered printed photographs </span><span style="font-size:130%;">( Sally originals ) a choice of black or white paper and many choices of<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">materials for our victims oh oops I mean our volunteers :-)<br />The workshop was Sally's idea and it was great to be part of it.<br /><br />The hour long sketch session went by in a blink , we moved around in the crowd to answer questions and to suggest ways of dealing with the lunar images. Wonderful sketches were produced by our pupils and those sketches then became part of the Deadly Moon exhibition.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkTTrhb6_i8hMJGWvJihEj-ajA2JwPBgLg9XOHLXfdOoS86Hb_QvOp82rC2ngLWLCQeM_poHitZTgVeb6vVNiJlIi1k-5za_amOIXYGfNQUZ_wbZ6EDDbEzBlTHGV8Su8T56BzwA8vw-9/s1600-h/Sally-talks-lunar-sketching.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkTTrhb6_i8hMJGWvJihEj-ajA2JwPBgLg9XOHLXfdOoS86Hb_QvOp82rC2ngLWLCQeM_poHitZTgVeb6vVNiJlIi1k-5za_amOIXYGfNQUZ_wbZ6EDDbEzBlTHGV8Su8T56BzwA8vw-9/s320/Sally-talks-lunar-sketching.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252519013174223714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58Csk4AAsxIqrvoIyWzhn1YUH94j3ETBIKUxXECZAIAg4YVUrWXBKHj0MUYN5CrxcyPAk3LrGtvWwwVYamCfgn_voJryawgWZRXkt20BWcZ3Zd5GpdYSfF6t8coaYodOS2w1jU8uwN55i/s1600-h/Birr+2008+105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58Csk4AAsxIqrvoIyWzhn1YUH94j3ETBIKUxXECZAIAg4YVUrWXBKHj0MUYN5CrxcyPAk3LrGtvWwwVYamCfgn_voJryawgWZRXkt20BWcZ3Zd5GpdYSfF6t8coaYodOS2w1jU8uwN55i/s320/Birr+2008+105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252519990487178722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sally Russell talks sketching with Jeff Young</span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Dee and Jeff discuss methods of solar sketching</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Damian Peach showed his superb planetary and lunar images. He gave us a peep into how he achieves some of the best astro images on the planet. <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" href="http://www.damianpeach.com/" target="_blank">http://www.damianpeach.com/</a><br /><br />Aaron Golden's after dinner talk The David Lunt Memorial Lecture was on filters.<br /><br />Dr Niall Smith waxed lyrically about Blackrock Castle Observatory and its varied functions.<br />He gave quite an interesting look into the outreach and research aspects that are central to the BCO year.<a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" href="http://www.bco.ie/" target="_blank">http://www.bco.ie/</a><br /><br />Dr Lorraine Hanlon told us about ' Watcher " a robotic ground based telescope located in South Africa searching for Gamma Ray Bursts. The program will have an outreach element which should be worth getting involved in later on.<br /><br />Professor Judith Pipher lit up the place with beautiful images from the Spitzer Space Telescope . Judith is an expert in infra red astronomy , she explained the breakdown of colors in a infra red photographic image very well indeed.She amazed everyone by admitting that the imaging chip on Spitzer was only 0.0065 Mega Pixels.<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-01/uor-ajp013007.php" target="_blank">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_<wbr>releases/2007-01/uor-<wbr>ajp013007.php</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Many thanks to Shannonside Astronomy Club for</span> a wonderful Whirlpool</span><br /></span></b><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" href="http://www.shannonsideastronomyclub.com/20081.htm" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>shannonsideastronomyclub.com/<wbr>20081.htm</a><br />Whirlpool summary By Frank Ryan Shannonside Secretary<br /></span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><br /></span></b>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-80279434684635620212007-12-26T08:52:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:18:49.499-08:00Celestial Pawnee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5AkPTzFubgtd54bwQbaTRgetGstesVd7P51XyzOdLU8lNQ2dA6rGylbYbr5TS10yUx1KN8Umpjlr28CkA4y941NQgV7MQ27zAn7FF6V0cEJHjSsfX819Egh7BVZ1PwzbiNS4jjzfiGfY/s1600-h/Pawnee+person.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5AkPTzFubgtd54bwQbaTRgetGstesVd7P51XyzOdLU8lNQ2dA6rGylbYbr5TS10yUx1KN8Umpjlr28CkA4y941NQgV7MQ27zAn7FF6V0cEJHjSsfX819Egh7BVZ1PwzbiNS4jjzfiGfY/s320/Pawnee+person.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148326280129368882" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size:130%;">Celestial Pawnee by</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Deirdre Kelleghan</span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The Pawnee were a North American Plains Indian tribe. They lived along the Platte, <span class="misspell">Loup</span> and Republican rivers in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Nebraska</st1:place></st1:state> from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The name Pawnee comes from the native word <span class="misspell">Pariki</span> meaning “Horn” which referred to their typical hairstyle. The Pawnee were a proud people with a strong sense of identity. Their description of themselves is </span><span class="misspell">Chatick</span> - <span class="misspell">si</span> - <span class="misspell">Chaticks</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">, which means “Men of Men”. Indeed this title is very apt as the Pawnee were very often the scouts leading the <st1:place st="on">Calvary</st1:place> across lands to which they had key knowledge. The Pawnee familiarity with the night sky gave them a unique edge when travelling by night. They were also known as the “Wolf People” cloaking themselves in the mantel of a wolfs cunning and courage.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The Pawnee had several distinct groups and of these the <span class="misspell">Skidi</span> Pawnee or the Wolf Pawnee were considered some of the best astronomers of the Native American tribes. Centuries ago the Pawnee observed the stars passing over the smoke holes of their lodges and tee pees. In the autumn when they noticed the <span class="misspell">Pleiades</span> shining through the smoke holes at midnight, they knew the winter solstice was only one month away. Six months later they observed the Circle of Chiefs or Corona <span class="misspell">Borealis</span> above the smoke holes at midnight; it was one month from the longest day or summer solstice.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Corona <span class="misspell">Borealis</span> is an important constellation in the mythical past of nearly all the tribes of the plains. The Pawnee believed the Circle of Chiefs were the guardians of the <span class="misspell">Tirawaatius</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="misspell">Tirawa</span> <span class="misspell">Atius</span> (<span class="misspell">atius</span> = "lord") was the great god, he created everything and catered to the needs of every living thing. Known to us as the Milky Way, <span class="misspell">Tirawa</span> <span class="misspell">Atius</span> created the Path of the Departing Spirits.<br />The Pawnee chiefs painted their faces with blue lines representing the arc of heaven and the path of decent. They wore feather-down on their heads, a symbol of celestial life. The members of this group of chiefs did not dance or sing; they talk quietly and tried to be like the stars. </p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The Pawnee made sky charts from elk skin. These sky charts were kept in sacred bundles. Every household had a sacred bundle, which they believed were gifts from the stars. These powerful bundles are referenced as sometimes containing meteorites wrapped in animal skin star charts. The sacred bundles were only brought out to great ceremony when the Swimming Duck Cluster was rising in the morning sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Sacred bundles were a powerful part of Pawnee ceremonies linked to planting and harvesting. They contained tools necessary to those ceremonies, and the rituals and ceremonies associated with them were passed from generation to generation along with the bundles. Bundles were owned by women and inherited through the female line, but could be used by men only. To open or use a bundle without the proper ritual and ceremony invited disaster.<span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The Pawnee did not have a solar calendar of a lunar calendar; they marked their year purely with the observance of the stars. They had more star ceremonies and rituals than any other tribe. Their lodges were laid out in patterns, which mimicked the patterns of the constellations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Their observations of the stars helped them to know when to plant and harvest crops and to know when to hunt bison.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">These interesting people had a deep association with the cosmos.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The Pawnee were a <span class="misspell">matrilineal</span> people, ancestral descent was through the mother and a young couple would traditionally move into the bride's parents' lodge.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Women and men were politically active with both sharing decision making responsibilities.</p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">They viewed themselves as descendants of the stars. The believed Mars – The Red Morning Star Warrior and Venus – The White Star Woman mated and had a daughter from which the human race descended. So according to the Pawnee the first human was a woman. Furthermore they believed that the sun and the moon mated to create the first male child. The image created by the whole of the star patterns in the night sky was they believed the image of a wild bobcat. The wild bobcat with its spotted skin and its nocturnal habits represents the night sky and all the stars therein. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Newborn Pawnee children were wrapped in bobcat skin thereby they were considered to be wrapped in and protected by the heavens.</span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p>The <span class="misspell">Pleiades</span> star cluster was worshiped by these earthbound tribal peoples.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Look as they rise, up rise<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Over the line where sky meets earth<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Seven Stars!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Lo! They are ascending, come to guide us.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Leading us safely, keeping us one.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Oh, Seven Stars,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Teach us to be, like you, united<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The Pawnee people saw the <st1:country-region st="on">United States</st1:country-region> as allies against their traditional enemies the Sioux, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Cheyenne</st1:city></st1:place>, and Comanche’s. The Pawnee gained fame as scouts for the United States Army, and a battalion of them served from 1865 to 1885 within the army on the Plains. Working for the US Cavalry as scouts was better than facing the ignominy of reservation life and the inevitable loss of their freedom and culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">In the late 18<span class="misspell">th</span> century the Pawnee Nation numbered some 10,000 individuals but in the 19<span class="misspell">th</span> century<br />epidemics of both smallpox and cholera were responsible for wiping out most of these earthy people.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">By the end of 1900 only 600 were left alive. Today records indicate that they are building up their numbers and up to 5,500 twenty first century Pawnees carry on their nation’s spirit. Today's Pawnees meet biannually and celebrate their rich culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770308696318766365.post-49276334737535870672007-10-22T16:05:00.000-07:002008-01-17T03:00:30.070-08:00<p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Talks 2004 -2008</span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">January 16th 2008 - St Peters School Walkinstown 11:00am<br />Solar System and Robot Explorer talk for 28 children and their teacher<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">January 15th 2008 - Griffith Barracks Educate Together School 11:30am<br />Solar System and Robot Explorer Talk for 56 children and their teachers</span><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">December 4th Tullamore Presbyterian Hall for Tullamore AS Galileo, Galileo? Who on Earth was Galileo?<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">November 19th Dunsink Observatory talk on Galileo, Galileo? Who on Earth was Galileo</span></span></span><br /><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span id="13806"><br /><br />Thursday November 15th 11:30 am Rathfarnham Educate Together School<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span id="13806">Solar System Presentation for 120 children<br /></span><span id="13806"><br /></span><span id="13806">Wednesday November 14th Charleville Mall Library North Strand 12pm 40 Children<br /></span><span id="13806"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span id="13806">Wednesday November 14th Pembroke Library Ballsbridge 10am 40 Children<br />Talk - Our Solar System and some Robot Explorers<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span id="13806"></span><span id="13806">Tuesday November 13th Ballymun Library 3pm<br />Talk - A 2007 Journey Through Our Solar System 45 People<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span id="13806">Monday November 12th Raheny Library 7pm 50 People<br />Talk - A 2007 Journey Through Our Solar System </span><span id="13806">Talk - Our Solar System and some Robot Explorers</span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span id="13806">Tuesday November 4th Drop In Astronomy 17/Holmes for 30 Brownies and 20 Scouts in Delgany<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">October 19<sup>th</sup><span style=""> </span>2007 Public Star Party for Boy Scouts, Venture Scouts and the Public Bray Co Wicklow 8pm – 10pm <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">October 18<sup>th </sup><span style=""> </span>2007<span style=""> </span>Dunsink Observatory Public Observing Night <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">October<span style=""> </span>15<sup>th</sup><span style=""> </span>2007<span style=""> </span>Dunsink Observatory Hosting talk on Our Sun, Showing Cassini Essay’s I,2, and 3 for the 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Cassini Launch<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Plus a Members and Public Observing Session.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p>October 5th - 7th 2007 Whirlpool Star Party Birr Co Offaly Space in Art Exhibition<br /></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">October 4<sup>th<span style=""> </span></sup><span style=""> </span>2007 Space in Art Exhibition of Children’s Art Celebrating 50 years of Space Exploration. Hosting talk for Dr John Mason on the Future of Space Exploration Gonzaga College Dublin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">October 4<sup>th</sup><span style=""> </span>Space in Art Exhibition celebrating 50 years of Space Exploration</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>Gonzaga College Dublin 4pm – 10pm including TV interview RTE News<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">October 3<sup>rd</sup> – Solar System Robot Explorer talk for AGM of Second Level Teachers </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Dublin</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place> Centre 12pm</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">October 3<sup>rd</sup> 8pm – Solar System Robot Explorer talk for the public Dunsink Observatory</span></p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-GB">2007 Cassini in <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Wicklow</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">National Park September 9th Public talk 30 people.</st1:placetype></st1:place></span><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><br /><br /></st1:placetype></st1:place></span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" lang="EN-GB">August 10<sup>th</sup> – Dean Swift Summer Project Coolock, 11am</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" lang="EN-GB">August 9<sup>th</sup> Cassini Solar System Talk in the Adult Education Centre</span><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> A PowerPoint Solar System Presentation, followed by a showing of Cosmic Collisions DVD, plus showing the children a 3D Image of the Sun from STEREO</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">60 - 70 children in each group age 6 - 14<br /><b style="">2007</b><br />July 3rd - Kimmage Manor Development Education Centre Dublin 12- 10:00am<br />July 4th - De La Salle School, Ballyfermot Dublin 10, 10:00 am<br />July 6th - ARC Offices, Crumlin, Dublin 12, 2:00pm<br />July 10th- Blessed Charles Centre, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6, 11:00am & 2:30pm<br />July 11th - Mendicity Institution, Dublin 8, 2:00pm<br />July 12th - Kimmage Manor Development Education Centre Dublin 12, 10:00am<br />July 16th - Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre, Dublin 10, 2:00pm</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">June 20<sup>th</sup> UCD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Speech on our Special Address in the Universe 30 fellow class mates. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span lang="EN-GB">Look Up For UNICEF <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region> <o:p></o:p></span></u><br /><span lang="EN-GB">April 20<sup>th</sup> 2007 </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Very successful Public Star Party in Sandymount in aid of UNICEF Ireland</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">and part of Worldwide astronomy day<span style=""> </span>Patricia Carroll, Val Dunne, John Murphy,Sarah Murphy<span style=""> </span>and myself 70 attended</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">April 21<sup>st<span style=""> </span></sup>2007</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Clouded out in Sandymount but Patricia Carroll, John Murphy, Ben Murphy, Conor Murphy, Robin Moore, Elizabeth Caird, and myself talked astronomy for the evening in aid of UNICEF Ireland 35 attended</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">March 26<sup>th<span style=""> </span></sup><span style=""> </span>2007</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>Solar System talk Robot Explorer film in Luisne Spirituality Centre in Kilcoole<span style=""> </span>Co Wicklow followed by great Star Party supported by Michael Murphy SDAS 40 attended </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">March 14<sup>th </sup><span style=""> </span>2007</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Solar System talk plus Sun/Moon formation film for 51<sup>st</sup> Wicklow Cub Scouts 54 attended</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">February 28<sup>th</sup> 2007</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> I did a Cassini/Solar System talk for 28 Transition year students</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">in the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation run by Wicklow Uplands Council<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">February 8<sup>th</sup> 2007</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> I gave a talk on Astronomical sketching in <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Gonzaga</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">February 9<sup>th</sup> 2007</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> I gave a Solar System/ Robot Explorer talk to 200 children in <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Castleknock</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Educate</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Together</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">November 27<sup>th</sup> 2006</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Solar System and Cassini talk for <st1:place st="on">St Andrews</st1:place> in Blackrock</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>25 attended</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">November 15<sup>th</sup><span style=""> </span>2006</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> In <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Belfast</st1:city></st1:place> I gave a Cassini/Robot Explorer talk to the IAA</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>60 attended Stranmillis College<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">November 8<sup>th </sup><span style=""> </span>2006</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Solar System/ Cassini talk for St Peters School Walkinstown</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>50 attended</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">October <span style="font-size:100%;">16<sup>th<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></sup></span></span></b><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">2006</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><span style=""> </span><b>University College </b><b style="">Dublin</b> arranging ,facilitating, and introducing Cassini talk by Dr Caitriona Jackman from the Magnetometer Team Imperial College London.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">September 18<sup>th</sup> 2006</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:100%;"> Robot Explorer talk/ Young Speaker Ely House 25 + attended</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;">Sun Moon and Stars for Chernobyl Children’s Project International<o:p></o:p></span></u><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">May 5<sup>th</sup> and 6<sup>th</sup> 2006</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > For this event I received an Honorable Mention Award from The Astronomical League in the United States in conjunction with Sky & Telescope Magazine. My concept, my arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >I went to <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state> to receive the award in September 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >This was a public outreach star party in Sandymount We showed Saturn, the Moon and Jupiter to 120 people</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-GB" >.To raise money for Chernobyl Children’s Project</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <o:p></o:p><br /><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">See Saturn in Your School Yard Event March 5<sup>th </sup>and March 6th 2006</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-size:100%;">St Bridget’s National School Greystones Co Wicklow 120 children and parents</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-size:100%;">came </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">to see and learn about Saturn and other celestial delights.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:12;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">November 11<sup>th</sup> 2005 Mars Moon Event</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">St Bridget’s National School Greystones 330 people viewed Mars, the Earths moon and many other delights. I got Masterfoods to sponsor the event with Mars Bars and M&M’s<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Limerick University 2006 May 3<sup>rd </sup></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">, a little support with Cassini<span style=""> </span>media for Dr Caitriona Jackman of Imperial College London<span style=""> </span>Dr Jackman is on the Magnetometer team for the Cassini mission based in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p>September 18<sup>th</sup> 2006 Robot Explorers</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> <b style="">Talk / Presentation </b>in <st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on">Ely Place</st1:street> <st1:city st="on">Dublin</st1:city></st1:address><span style=""> </span>for the The Irish Astronomical Society and the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Whirlpool Star Party Birr Co Offaly 2006</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> – Cassini Huygens stand Sept 29<sup>th</sup> 30<sup>th</sup> and Oct 1<sup>st</sup> 2006 talking Cassini and giving away outreach educational material from JLP/NASA to astronomers and the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>2006 July 3<sup>rd</sup> Introducing Our Solar System</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> a presentation for senior citizens in the TLC Northwood Clinic in Santry Dublin. Q&A<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">St Andrews</span></b></st1:placename><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placename st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">, Blackrock, Dublin 2006 May 30<sup>th <o:p></o:p></sup></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Ring World talk, screening, plus Power Point of the latest Saturn images with Q & A. 23 kids (private school)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>2006 Dunsink Observatory March 15<sup>th </sup></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>I gave a presentation to 55 members of the public plus Dunsink staff,about JPL’s Spirit of Exploration Robotic missions plus showing of Cassini Essay # 3. Talk plus Q&A<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><st1:placename st="on"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Gonzaga</span></b></st1:placename><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:placetype> <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Dublin</st1:city></st1:place></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">. <b>January 19<sup>th</sup></b> <b>2006 </b>Ring World, Power Point, Talk, Q&A to teenagers and astronomers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Dunsink Observatory January 18<sup>th</sup> 2006</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> Ring World talk, screening and Q&A for 40 members of the public on an Open night<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">March 15<sup>th</sup> 2006 Dunsink</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> Observatory 55 members of the public <span style=""> </span>for my presentation on Robot Explorers Q&A <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">March 23 2006 Ring World / Apollo 17 Screening <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Griffith</st1:city></st1:place> Barracks Educate Together School</span></b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">90 Children and their teachers at my presentation on Saturn and Apollo<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Ring World Monday 19<sup>th</sup> December 2005 for The IAS Dublin</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">29 members of the public came to this Cassini/Saturn presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">July 20<sup>th</sup> 2006 TLC Centre Santry Dublin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I did a Solar System presentation for 20 elderly people this afternoon. It was in the TLC Center Northwood, Santry in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Dublin</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoBodyText2">2006 Monday April 3rd, <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Johnstown</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Girls</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Cabinteely Dublin 18.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">PowerPoint presentation to 200 girls and their teachers on Cassini and Saturn<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><st1:placename st="on"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Donore</span></b></st1:placename><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placename st="on">Avenue</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Youth</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Center</st1:placetype>, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Dublin</st1:city></st1:place> 8. September 5 2006.</span></b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cassini PowerPoint presentation: Cassini Spacecraft, and a selection of Saturn's moons shown to 18 children on a Summer Project activity week. Space Shuttle interactive DVD activates for this mixed age group.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">June 13<sup>th</sup> 2006 Cassini Essay and Space Shuttle in St Bridget’s <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> Greystones </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Saturn images and Space Shuttle presentation to 200 children 6-13yrs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Friday February 24<sup>th</sup> 2006 St Bridget’s <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> Greystones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Apollo and Spirit of Exploration presentation to 90 children age 8- 13 yrs <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Galway Star Party January 28<sup>th</sup> 2006 <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">Cassini Huygens stand at this public event for a day, talking Cassini to astronomers and the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">December 2<sup>nd</sup> 2005 <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Gonzaga</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Enceladus presentation for South Dublin Astronomical Society and teenagers from the college.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cassini Radio June 10<sup>th</sup> 2005</span></b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Rhyme and Reason radio show for Dublin South FM –<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">reading two of my articles.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">IAS May 27<sup>th</sup> 2005</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Cassini Talk plus images <st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on">Ely Place</st1:street> <st1:city st="on">Dublin</st1:city></st1:address> for astronomers and the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">2005 Whirlpool Star Party Birr Co Offaly October <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">PowerPoint presentation and talk on Enceladus to 160 people attending this convention, the biggest of its kind in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">2004 December 11<sup>th</sup></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> -<span style=""> </span>Screening of Ring World to 230 children in three different groups<span style=""> </span>in 2004 November <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">29<sup>th</sup> St</st1:address></st1:street> Brigid’s National School Greystones. Cassini talk with models of Saturn Titan and Cassini to 5 and 6 years old’s two classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">2004 November 29<sup>th</sup> Talk</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> to 10 year olds about Cassini and Saturn <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">St Brigid’s <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Greystones<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;">2004 November 26<sup>th</sup> Talk</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"> to 4 classes about Cassini Saturn and Titan <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">St Brigid’s </span><st1:place style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" st="on"><st1:placename st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, Greystones with models of Saturn Titan and Cassini.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Deirdre Kelleghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867350330345093573noreply@blogger.com0