The second meeting of the season will be on Monday 7th October, it starts at 8pm sharp in our usual venue of Ballyclare High School Lecture Theatre. Directions can be found here.

We are pleased to announce that our second speaker for the season is Prof. Michael  Burton Director of Armagh Observatory/Planetarium.  He will be giving a talk entitled Astronomy in Antarctica.

About Michael:  My academic career includes significant periods in the USA (NASA, Mauna Kea Observatory), Australia (Anglo Australian Observatory, University of New South Wales), Chile (Universidad de Chile, Chajnantor Observatory), Antarctica (South Pole and the high Antarctic Plateau), as well as Ireland (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) and the UK (Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, the Royal Greenwich Observatory and Armagh).

I am an astronomer, with primary research expertise in the formation of stars within the molecular clouds of our Galaxy, and an educator, with 25 years university-level teaching (including Director of Teaching in Physics in a large university), combined together with an active involvement in science communication and outreach.

Of my contributions to service in my discipline, I am currently President of the largest Division of the International Astronomical Union (Division B - Facilities, Technology, Data Science).

I was the Editor of the Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales for 5 years – one of the oldest peer reviewed publications in the Southern Hemisphere.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astronomical Society of Australia, the Australian Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of New South Wales.

We hope you will join us in welcoming Michael along to the society for the first time.  I'm sure it will be a fascinating talk of doing Astronomy in such a harsh environment.

Please note: Under 16's are very welcome but due to our child protection policy, we ask that they are accompanied by an adult.

As always we will have refreshments available after the meeting, a donation bucket is available at the door if you wish to support us in our work!

Hope to see you all there!

All meetings start at 8pm in the Lecture Theatre at Ballyclare High School, Ballyclare, County Antrim. For directions, click here.

2019

October 7th - Prof. Michael  Burton (Armagh Observatory/Planetarium  - Astronomy in Antarctica

November 4th - Dr.Ryan Milligan (QUB) - TBC

December 2nd - Dr. Matt Redman (Galway) - The Shaping of Planetary Nebulae

2020

January 6th - Prof. Mark Bailey - Societal Impacts and Long-term Climate Archives at Armagh Observatory

February 3rd - Prof. Tom Millar (QUB) - The Birth Of Stars And Planets

March 2nd - TBC

April 5th - TBC

May 4th - Members talks and AGM