# astronomy - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# Final Frontier
# Final Frontier
The galaxy candidate is some 13.5 billion light-years away, and scientists are speculating what exactly it is.
# astronomy - Saturday 25 December, 2021
# Starry Skies
# Starry Skies
The star-studded highlights to watch out for over the next twelve months.
# astronomy - Thursday 18 November, 2021
# Eclipse
# Eclipse
The partial lunar eclipse is due to begin around 07.18am.
# astronomy - Friday 27 August, 2021
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
Dave Grennan has discovered two asteroids, and three supernovae from the shed in his back garden.
# astronomy - Friday 13 August, 2021
# Shooting Stars
The Perseids meteor shower which peaked on Wednesday and Thursday night will continue tonight but with a reduced number of meteors likely to be visible.
# astronomy - Wednesday 11 August, 2021
# Shooting Stars
# Shooting Stars
There will be 20 times more shooting stars than on a normal night.
# astronomy - Thursday 24 December, 2020
# Look Up
# Look Up
We’re starting another rotation around the sun. Here’s what to watch out for in the skies.
# astronomy - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
# ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
It will be the second full moon of this calendar month, making it a “Blue Moon”.
# astronomy - Tuesday 11 August, 2020
# Eyes Up
# Eyes Up
The meteors will be visible all night from dusk until dawn.
# astronomy - Sunday 9 August, 2020
# THE PERSEIDS
# THE PERSEIDS
There will be 20 times more shooting stars than a normal night on Tuesday and Wednesday.
# astronomy - Friday 24 July, 2020
# astronomy - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Astronomical
# Astronomical
The black hole is twice as big as scientists believed possible.
# astronomy - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
# Great Gig In The Sky
# Great Gig In The Sky
The brightest of the fireballs was at about 6.54 pm last night.
# astronomy - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
# Moon Landing
# Moon Landing
There won’t be another one for 2 years, so Astronomy Ireland is asking people to send photos of the eclipse into them.
# astronomy - Monday 21 January, 2019
# Lunar Eclipse
# Lunar Eclipse
The phenomenon was the only lunar eclipse that was visible in Ireland this year.
# astronomy - Thursday 3 January, 2019
# The Great Beyond
# The Great Beyond
A supermoon later this month is the first of three in a row.
# astronomy - Tuesday 17 July, 2018
# Discovery
# Discovery
The Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered the first four of Jupiter’s moons in 1610.
# astronomy - Wednesday 16 May, 2018
# Double Take
# Double Take
In plain sight on Observatory Lane.
# astronomy - Sunday 29 April, 2018
# Astronomy
# Astronomy
“This is the first time we’ve shown shape and age are related for all kinds of galaxies.”
# astronomy - Friday 30 March, 2018
# Omg Moment
# Omg Moment
The discovery could revise or even upend theories of how galaxies are formed.
# astronomy - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
# Super-duper Moon
# Super-duper Moon
The spectacle will be visible in clear skies above Australia, Asia and some parts of the US and Eastern Europe.
# astronomy - Sunday 7 January, 2018
# Tabby's Star
# Tabby's Star
Tabby’s Star has been inexplicably dimming and brightening sporadically like no other for years.
# astronomy - Friday 8 September, 2017
# Rare Occurrence
# Rare Occurrence
That’s according to Astronomy Ireland.
# astronomy - Saturday 2 September, 2017
# Nova
# Nova
The “star” was actually a colossal hydrogen explosion which produced a burst of light 300,000 times brighter than our Sun.
# astronomy - Monday 21 August, 2017
# astronomy - Saturday 12 August, 2017
# Eyes To The Sky
# Eyes To The Sky
The moon at at 80% illumination and could outshine some of the shooting stars as they pass through the sky.
# astronomy - Thursday 27 July, 2017
# Birr-illiant
# Birr-illiant
Ireland is to be part of a huge Europe-wide telescope.
# astronomy - Sunday 12 March, 2017
# The Martian
# The Martian
The experiment has been compared to a desert version of the Hollywood movie The Martian.
# astronomy - Friday 10 February, 2017
# Full Moon Half Moon
# Full Moon Half Moon
The eclipse will officially begin at 10.30 but dimming will not be visible until after 11.
# astronomy - Tuesday 31 January, 2017
# Look Up
# Look Up
You don’t need a telescope for this one.
# astronomy - Saturday 7 January, 2017
# Burcin's Galaxy
# Burcin's Galaxy
“Less than 0.1% of all observed galaxies are Hoag-type galaxies.”
# astronomy - Sunday 1 January, 2017
# Star Gazing
# Star Gazing
Saturn, Venus and shooting stars are set to feature across Irish skies in 2017.
# astronomy - Saturday 12 November, 2016
# Light Art
# Light Art
“When you go to places like Wicklow, Kerry, Galway or Mayo and you have some of the clearest skies in Europe.”
# astronomy - Tuesday 3 May, 2016
# Trappist 1
# Trappist 1
The ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 is 39 light years from earth, and orbited by three planets.
# astronomy - Tuesday 23 February, 2016
# Spectacle
# Spectacle
Astronomy Ireland is advising people to go outdoors and check out the beautiful spectacle.
# astronomy - Sunday 7 February, 2016
# astronomy - Monday 9 November, 2015
# Great Balls Of Fire
# Great Balls Of Fire
The explosion was most likely caused by a space rock colliding with earth, Astronomy Ireland said.
# astronomy - Sunday 27 September, 2015
# Column
# Column
It’s the last total lunar eclipse with a red shadow you’ll see for a while as the next one won’t be visible from Ireland until 2019, writes Conor Farrell.
# astronomy - Friday 25 September, 2015
# astronomy - Friday 31 July, 2015
Variable clouds with a couple of showers
Max: 18 °C
Min: 10 °C
Rather cloudy with a brief shower or two
Max: 17 °C
Min: 11 °C
