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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 Column: It’s scary out there

With easier access to high powered telescopes professional and amateur astronomers have found an overwhelming amount of near and far objects in our night sky. While some of these are pleasing others can evoke strong feelings of unease either ...

05 Nov 2019 at 15:00

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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 composition. Clearly,...

01 Feb 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 to watch over the coming ...

26 Oct 2019 at 14:49

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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 discuss the conspiracy theories ...

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 Soviets embarked on to show that ...

27 May 2021 at 14:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: Nothing is permanent

The sky on a clear night has long been a source of wonder and a reassurance that in a changing world, there is a place where permanence does exist, even if it remains just beyond the reach of mortals. Even a little acquaintance with ...

09 Nov 2019 at 15:00

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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 itself has been defined since ...

13 May 2021 at 14:00

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Limerick Astronomy Club: Buying a telescope for Christmas?

13 Dec 2020 at 15:00

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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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The Great Conjunction - Limerick Astronomy Club

If there's one topic that amateur astronomers get asked about at this time of year, it is the star of Bethlehem. Over the years there have been many candidates to explain the Christmas Star from an eclipse to various ...

21 Dec 2020 at 16:30

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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 ...

12 Aug 2021 at 14:00

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