East Antrim Astronomical Society

News Archive

Due to the ever expanding number of articles, there are now 3 areas to the Club News pages.

News By Date - Latest local astronomy news
Reference Section - Club members and associate articles
Meeting Reports - Detailed reports on club meetings

This page has every article ever written for the EAAS all gathered together in three sections and linked from this page. The latest news items are always on the homepage and are archived here at a later date.

News by Date

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Professor Bailey honoured with MBE
Royal Mail launch Sky At Night Stamps with the EAAS	2007 Lunar Eclipse Night at Ballyearl
Leonid Meteor shower 2006	EAAS visit to the Armagh Planetarium
Comet 2006 M4 SWAN	2006 Orionids observing
Armagh Observatory Perseid Report 2006 Perseid BBQ and observing success	Partial Lunar Elcipse 7th September 2006
Naming of Asteroid 42531	2006 Lyrid Meteor Watch
March 3rd 2006 EAAS Messier Marathon Report	29th March 2006 Solar Eclipse Reports Armagh Observatory Eclipse Press Release
2006 Perseid BBQ	Armagh Observatory Snaps Many Perseid Meteors
Comet 73P Schwachmann-Wachmann 3	2006 Lyrid Meteor Watch
EAAS Member Receives Top IAU Award	2006 Messier Marathon
Armagh Observatory Eclipse Press Release	29th March 2006 Solar Eclipse
Death of David Sinden 29th August 2005	Mars Watch 2005
Deep Impact is Coming 4th July 2005	October 2005 Solar Eclipse from Northern Ireland
Pat Corvan Asteriod named May 2005	Calver returns home 31st May 2005
April Observing Session 2nd April 2005	Public Observing Session 22nd January 2005
Observing Comet Machholz 12th January 2005	Lunar Eclipse Washout 28th October 2004
Armagh Observatory opens Human Orrery 26th November 2004	Barbeque and Perseid Watch August 2004
Venus Transit June 2004	Messier Marathon on Slieve Croob March 2004
ISS Solar Transit February 2004	Dr Andrew McCrea MBE awarded January 2004
Queen Mary 2 hosts the world's 1st onboard planetarium January 2004	Encke comet January 2004
EAAS Member returns from the edge of space November 2003	Saturn, Lord of the Rings December 2003
Aurora over Ireland November 2003	Aurora October 2003
Queen Mary 2 to host world's first onboard planetarium September 2003	Mars Opposition Star Party August 2003
Astro Day June 2003	Solar Eclipse from Ireland May 2003
Tribute to the brave crew of the space shuttle Columbia April 2003	Honour for Terry Moseley January 2003
Fire destroys National Observatory in Canberra Australia January 2003	Tribute to famous comet hunter, Yuji Hyakutake April 2002

Reference Information

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Choosing a telescope
Jam Jar magnetometer	Atmospheric Optics - Rainbows - Part One Atmospheric Optics - Halos - Part Two
Telrad finder review	Ursid Meteors
Setting up a meteor observing station by Apostolis Christou	Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
Strathspey 25x100mm Binoculars	Keeping An Astronomical Log Book
Visual Comet Hunting	Setting Up A Meteor Observing Station
Dobsonian Refurbishment Project	Red Light Pen
The Geminid Meteor Shower	Lyrid Meteors in April
Learn about the Solar System	Understanding Solar Features and Observing
Glossary of Astronomical Terms A - Z	The Seasons
The Persieds	The Leonids
About Venus	Learn the Constellations Ursa Major and Canes Venatici Corona Borealis, Boötes and Coma Berenices Hercules and Lyra Cygnus Pegasus Andromeda, Cassiopeia and Perseus
Find out more about the night sky and where to find all the wonderful and beautiful constellations, stars, planets and nebulae. Here is a link to an excellent article at IrishAstronomy.com. Come along to our next meeting and learn about the wonders of creation. Click here to find out where and when	Solar Observing techniques
Noctilucent Clouds	Performance improvement for achromats
Irish Astronomical History	The History of Daramona
Aidan Fitzgerald Award	Eclipses on Mars
Star of Bethlehem	Orion the Hunter Power Point Presentation

Meeting Reports

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2006

January 2006

Looking deeper into Space

February 2006

Deep Impact : the story so far

March 2006

Beginners Night

April 2006

Lights, Camera, Action! Observing time variable phenomenae in the Solar System

May 2006

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September 2006

Mobile Planetarium, Beginners Night And Observing

October 2006

Solar Flares and Space Weather

November 2006

Asteroids, comets, meteors and impacts

December 2006

Making Models of Stars

2005

January 2005

February 2005

Beginners Night

March 2005

Solar Mysteries Revealed

April 2005

Creation Cosmology

May 2005

Encouraging Youth into Space

September 2005

Supernovae and hunting the culprit stars

October 2005

The Origin of comets and the Oort Cloud

November 2005

The Big Flash – The Largest Solar Flare – Is It Still With Us?

December 2005

The Transit of Venus in 1769, Charles Mason in Donegal & the Development of Astronomy in Ireland in the 18th Century

2004

January 2004

How far are the stars?

February 2004

The Leonid Meteors

March 2004

Observing the Planets….What can you see?

April 2004

The Space Shuttle

May 2004

Preparation for the Venus transit

September 2004

The Solar System

October 2004

Some Astronomical Cover-Ups

November 2004

Extra-Solar Planets

December 2004

From the blue sky to the Zodiacal Light

2003

January 2003

Armagh Planetarium StarDome

February 2003

March 2003

Beginner's Night

April 2003

Meteorites and Mass Extinctions: Rogue Asteroids or Red Herrings

May 2003

Great Comets of the 20th Century

September 2003

At the Edge of Space

October 2003

Astrophotography on A Budget

November 2003

Our Closest Star - A beginners Guide

December 2003

Aliens, where are they?

2002

January 2002

The Mini Planetarium Show

February 2002

Living with a Star : Our Dynamic Sun

March 2002

The Life and Times of Stars

April 2002

Beginners Night

May 2002

Building a Garden Observatory

September 2002

The Weather & Climate of Northern Ireland

October 2002

Beginners Night and Observing

November 2002

Meteors and the 2002 Leonid Storms

December 2002

Surveying the Skies for Hazardous Asteroids

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Last Updated : Sunday, December 16, 2007

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