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!
Members of the public are very welcome to attend. Admission is a modest €2.00.
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 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 |
TBA |
Bob Campbell |
MAC |
| Nov 2nd |
"Galileo: A Jovian Odyssey" |
Ronan Newman |
GAC |
| Dec 7th |
TBA |
TBC |
- |
The following was the list of featured topics during 2009:
| DATE |
TOPIC/TITLE/EVENT |
SPEAKER |
CLUB |
| Jan 13th |
AGM (Plus a look ahead for 2010) |
Open |
- |
| Feb 3rd |
Meteors & Meteorites |
Michael O'Connell |
MAC |
| Mar 3rd |
Telescope Night for Beginners |
Open |
- |
| Mar 27th to 29th |
COSMOS 2009 |
- |
- |
| Apr 3rd to 5th |
100 Hours of Astronomy Outreach Night |
Open |
- |
| Apr 7th |
Binary Stars: Double te Fun! |
John Flannery |
SDAS |
| May 5th |
What makes up the Constellations? |
John Lally |
MAC |
| June 2nd |
Basic Astronomy |
Members |
- |
| Jul 7th |
Holidays |
- |
- |
| Aug 4th |
Holidays |
- |
- |
| Aug 8th |
Perseids Star-B-Q |
Open |
- |
| Sept 8th |
Planet Formation |
Declan Molloy |
MAC |
| Oct 6th |
Star Parties Afar |
Paul Fitzgerald |
MAC |
| Nov 3rd |
Is that the Moon? How did that get there? |
Seanie Morris |
MAC |
| Dec 19th |
Christmas Party & Lecture Night |
Open |
- |
Observing Nights
Don't forget, these are already pencilled in as the first Friday of the month. Find out more.
