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Limerick astronomy column: What to look up at and forward to this month

At the start of each month I will bring you some stuff of note that is happening in in the night sky over the coming weeks, some moths will have a lot to see while others we will just have to settle for what’s on offer. However it should be noted ...

11 Jan 2020 at 15:00

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Limerick Astronomy column: Armstrong a giant of space exploration

When you discuss space exploration, one name stands out among the rest and that is Neil Armstrong. Born August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA, not only was he an astronaut, aeronautical engineer and the first person to walk on the moon; he was ...

18 Jan 2020 at 15:00

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Limerick Astronomy Column: Ninth planet from the sun

The discovery of Pluto led to the belief that was the final planet on the edge of our solar system. However for the last number of years a growing numbers of scientists have attributed the peculiar orbits of distant solar system objects on the ...

19 Oct 2019 at 17:00

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Limerick astronomy column: No telescope, no problem

I am often asked what you can see in the sky without the use of a powerful telescope. In fact, there is much to be seen in the night sky using only your eyes; I wanted to cover it again. If you can get out of the city away from much of the ...

07 Sept 2019 at 18:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: Venus - the evening star

A casual observer might not know what it is, but if the western horizon is clear about a half hour after sunset, it is unmissable. That intense bright spark is not a plane, a satellite, or a UFO — it is our nearest planetary neighbour ...

31 Aug 2019 at 15:00

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Limerick astronomy column - The Moon

In keeping with the theme of last week of what we can see without a telescope, the brightest object in the night sky is the moon. Despite its apparent brightness, the surface of the moon is quite dark having the same reflectivity as ...

14 Sept 2019 at 15:00

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Limerick astronomy column - Europa: The Ice 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 ...

04 Jan 2020 at 17:00

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Limerick Astronomy column- Conspiracies continued

We have covered some conspiracies over the past number of week however these are not the only conspiracies that are out there. If you want to do a deep dive online there is a conspiracy on every part of our universe, here are ...

07 Oct 2019 at 15:00

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Limerick astronomy column - Exploring the many moons

This week we held our annual observe the moon night, another great success members of the public came along to Clancy Strand and had a close up look at the moon. While we are used to seeing our moon, there is nothing like ...

12 Oct 2019 at 15:00

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