OUR 2012 LECTURES CALENDAR WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE HERE SOON!
Every
year, the Midlands Astronomy Club hosts a series of lectures and
classes in various topics of Astronomy and allied subjects. These occur
on the first Tuesday of each month, and are held in the Presbyterian Hall or Church at the top of High Street in Tullamore at 8:00pm. MAC also invites speakers from around Ireland to host their
own lecture. Anyone can give a lecture, its not just left to MAC
(committee) members to do it!
ON THE NIGHT...
Members of the public are very welcome to attend. Admission is €2.00 with a ticket given for a raffle on the night to win a prize, which can be astronomy books to posters to eyepieces and more.
MAC is always looking for and encouraging people to give a talk. You
can contact any committee member to find out more information if you
would like to give one!
| DATE |
TOPIC/TITLE/EVENT |
SPEAKER |
CLUB |
| Jan 4th |
What was it really like on Apollo 11? |
Seanie Morris |
MAC |
Jan 25th |
AGM |
Open |
- |
| Feb 1st |
Cosmic Myths - Old and New |
Sean McKenna |
MAC |
| Mar 1st |
Robotic Tour of the Solar System |
Declan Molloy |
MAC |
| Apr 1st to 3rd |
COSMOS 2011 |
- |
- |
| Apr 5th |
Exoplanets - The Hunt for Alien Worlds |
John Lally |
MAC |
| May 3rd |
Buran - The Russian Space Shuttle |
Dermot Gannon |
MAC |
| June 8th |
Holidays |
- |
- |
| Jul 3rd |
Summer StarBQ |
Open |
MAC |
| Jul 6th |
Holidays |
- |
- |
| Aug 2nd |
Binocular and Naked Eye Astronomy: Back to Backyard Basics |
Seanie Morris |
MAC |
| Aug 6th |
Perseids StarBQ |
Open |
- |
| Sept 6th |
Intelligent Life in the Universe |
Lawrence Rigney |
MAC |
| Sept 16th |
Astronomy Outreach Event |
Open |
MAC |
| Oct 4th |
The Faulkes Telescopes |
Michael O'Connell |
MAC |
| Nov 1st |
The Forgotten Astronomer |
Maire McKay |
MAC |
| Dec 6th |
Galaxies: The Good, The Bad and The Strange |
Declan Molloy |
MAC |
Here is what we presented in 2010:
| DATE |
TOPIC/TITLE/EVENT |
SPEAKER |
CLUB |
| Jan 12th |
Telescope Night for Beginners |
Open |
- |
| Feb 2nd |
AGM |
Open |
- |
| Mar 2nd |
Practical Astronomy |
Open |
MAC |
| Apr 6th |
Binocular Astronomy & Moon Watching |
MAC Members |
MAC |
| Apr 9th to 1th |
COSMOS 2009 More Info. |
- |
- |
| Apr 24th |
Moon Watch in Athy, Co. Kildare |
Open |
MAC |
| May 4th |
Introduction to Radio Astronomy |
Sean McKenna |
MAC |
| June 8th |
Holidays |
- |
- |
| Jul 6th |
Holidays |
- |
- |
| Aug 3rd |
Observing the Sun safely |
Michael O'Connell |
MAC |
| Aug 14th |
Perseids StarBQ |
Open |
- |
| Sept 7th |
The Moon and the Lunar 100 |
John Lally |
MAC |
| Oct 5th |
My own old-time adventures in Astrophotography |
Bob Campbell |
MAC |
| Nov 2nd |
Galileo: A Jovian Odyssey |
Ronan Newman |
GAC |
| Nov 9th |
Telescope Night for all
(Part of Science Week) |
Open |
MAC |
| Dec 21st |
What was it really like on Apollo 11? |
Seanie Morris |
MAC |
Observing Nights
Don't forget, these are already pencilled in as the first Friday of the month. Find out more.
