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Limerick Astronomy Club: Getting to know your telescope

With Christmas just around the corner, some people might be fortunate enough to receive a telescope from Santa Claus. Using a telescope may be a bit daunting the first time around but never fear, as they're quite simple to set-up. Many modern ...

30 Nov 2019 at 14:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: Europa – Jupiter’s mysterious icy moon

On a clear night (which is sometimes hard in Limerick), you can clearly see the planet Jupiter shining brightly with the naked eye. If you manage to get a closer look through a telescope, you can see tiny flecks of light orbiting it. The ...

12 Aug 2021 at 14:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: The sign of the archer

The Sagittarius constellation (which is recognised as being part of the Zodiac signs) is a comparatively large constellation which is primarily visible in the southern hemisphere. In the Northern hemisphere the constellation can be ...

07 Dec 2019 at 14:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club - Spectacular September

Over the last month or so we have become familiar with the planets Jupiter and Saturn dominating the southern evening skies, but as we move into September these will be joined by the distinctive red planet Mars. Rising in the east,...

23 Aug 2020 at 15:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: Sky at night in March

The moon is a very useful object for helping to locate and identify different stars. On March 5 the growing moon (gibbous moon) will be located close to the twin stars in the constellation Gemini. If you look to the north of the ...

22 Feb 2020 at 14:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: The Gas Giants

TWO categories of planet orbit the sun, the terrestrial planets and the gas planets. The gas planets are distinguished by the huge amount of gas and proportionally very low amount of rocky and metallic material in their ...

01 Feb 2020 at 14:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: Venus ready to impress

THE night sky kicks off with a bang in the month of April. Over the nights of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th the planet Venus is in conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster. Looking towards the west you will easily spot Venus ...

21 Mar 2020 at 14:00

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Limerick astronomy column — Some space scares for Halloween watching

As Halloween approaches and the nights get darker (which is great for astronomy) we all love to watch a few scary movies, so I have put together some suggestions for the most frightening movies set in space for you ...

26 Oct 2019 at 14:49

Limerick Astronomy Club: Snaps that are out of this world

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Snaps that are out of this world photography

by Frank Ryan (Chairman Limerick Astronomy Club) In the last few years there has been an explosion in the popularity of Astrophotography. Caused by digital SLR cameras and telescopes, generally becoming cheaper to ...

08 Feb 2020 at 14:00

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Limerick astronomy club on the moon landing conspiracy

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing; in a previous article I talked about the importance of this and how it happened. This week as the celebrations continue I thought it would be fun to ...

18 Jul 2019 at 13:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: The first space station

Written by Gordon Lalor We are currently going through the 50th anniversary of the launching of the first space station, the Soviet Union’s Salyut programme. This was a very ambitious programme that the ...

27 May 2021 at 14:00

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The Gemini Constellation

The Gemini constellation is located within the northern hemisphere and one of the signs of the zodiac (which co-ordinates to the apparent pathways of the sun, moon and planets). The constellations ...

13 May 2021 at 14:00

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