The Moon Within the Pleiades Star Cluster
As the night sky slowly rotates from East to West, the Moon is moving at an even slower pace from[…]
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Author: donnachaod
Although a professional scientist, my astronomy interests are at the passionate amateur level. I believe strongly in science outreach and education. The best way to combat pseudo and anti-science lies is by knowing the truth. In my own little way, this little website is trying to fly the flag of scientific truth...in a fun way!!!
A Great National Astronomy Week
Thanks to all those who tuned into my Webinar on the Moon on Friday and indeed those who attended my[…]
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Meeting A Legend
Someone said at one time, you should never meet your hero – They will only disappoint. Well I can’t say[…]
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Spreading The Science!
The Lunar Observation Group of the Irish Astronomical Society held its first Kerbside Astronomy event on Sunday July 10th in[…]
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Dark Skies Of The North
I recently traveled north to the OM Dark Sky and Observatory facility in the middle of the Tyrone countryside (Map[…]
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Ireland’s First Satellite
EIRSAT-1 is the Educational Irish Research Satellite 1. A team of students in University College Dublin and academic staff is designing, building and[…]
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Save Our Science Centre
Dublin as a capital city and Ireland as an innovative country with a long and proud history in scientific developments[…]
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Cover Story!!
Delighted and honoured that my images of the recent partial lunar eclipse feature on the cover of the Irish Astronomical[…]
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Serious About Science
There are reports that the Government are planning to cancel the National Children’s Science Centre at a time when we[…]
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