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Formed in 1937, the IAS is the longest established astronomy society in Ireland.
At 09:25 on Wed 18, the Moon will pass in front of Mars and 52 mins later it will reappear. The Sun will have risen but the Moon, although low in the sky will be visible. Mars will be at mag. –0.9 at the time of the 18 December lunar occultation.The Moon will be at…
The Irish Astronomical Society’s Christmas gathering is coming around again, this year in anew and enhanced format and in co-0peration with University College Dublin. Again, we are delighted to have Dr. Antonio Martin Carrillo, UCD Ad Astra fellow /AssistantProfessor in the School of Physics, as our guest speaker. (It has become a bit of a traditionfor Dr…