May the fourth be with you! Appropriately, for today's DIAS #ReachForTheStars lookback at entries from the past...these four may inspire you to enter our 'Out of this World - Deep Sky' category #Astrophotography

Did you know that this year DIAS #ReachForTheStars 2024 has a mobile phone category? Do you have photos that would qualify for our 'Night Sky in Your Hand' category? Full details can be found on reachforthestars.ie

PS This one wouldn't be eligible but we love it anyway 😉

Dr Brian O'Halloran @[email protected] I’d say more flares to come as the sunspot group is growing in size and complexity. Also now has a strong magnetic inversion line and a so-called delta classification.

X-class flare peaking at 02:22UT solmon.dias.ie/flare?date=202…

There's just over a week before DIAS #ReachForTheStars 2024 c;loses for entries. Over the next few days we'll be sharing some of the fantastic entries over the last three years, which may inspire some budding astrophotographers. Watch this space #DIASdiscovers

Did you know the Phoenix Park has a #darksky due to its Victorian gas lamps ? Look up, you never know you may witness the #AuroraBorealis DIAS Dunsink Observatory 'Aurora Forecast' below 👇
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Day 2 of my astronomical trip took me to Birr Castle in the midlands of Ireland, where I saw the Great Telescope (sometimes called the “Leviathan”). Dating from 1845, this was the world’s largest telescope for over 70 years! Much still remains intact. #heritage

Incredible few days looking at sites of astronomy in Ireland (for my usual followers, not megaliths!) This from my first day - the two historic observatories at Dunsink near Dublin. #heritage

Congratulations to DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics Head and DIAS Dunsink Observatory Director Peter T Gallagher now an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 👏 Great DIAS photo here with Chair of the DIAS Council Professor John Hegarty and DIAS Astronomy Professor Emeritus Luke Drury #DIASdiscovers

Our first year astrophysics class visiting Dunsink Observatory with staff from the department this evening.

Congratulations to Professor Peter T Gallagher on being elected an Honorary Fellow Trinity College Dublin this morning. tcd.ie/news_events/to…

Do you work in the Space industry? We are currently looking for role models across the UK and Ireland, for our family programme: ‘Mimi’s Space Adventure’, ready for launch this summer. Register your interest here.
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Astronomer, astrophotographer and writer Annie Russell Maunder, born #OnThisDay in 1868, battled misogyny to become a leading solar astronomer and one of the first female Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society. Her work transformed our understanding of the Sun: bit.ly/3vOQM2y

Christiaan Huygens FRS, was born #OnThisDay in 1629. Amongst other achievements in maths, physics and astronomy, Huygens studied the rings of Saturn and discovered the planet's moon Titan. He also invented the pendulum clock, for centuries the most accurate timekeeper available.

The news all you Irish astrophotography folk have been waiting for - DIAS #ReachForTheStars is back! Some changes this year including a new mobile phone category, with changes to our other categories too. Check out the details! #DIASdiscovers

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Wonderful to have Science Foundation Ireland and IrishResearchCouncil staff DIAS Dunsink Observatory today. We even got to see sunspots through the historic Grubb Telescope.

One of our Astronomers, Apostolos Christou, was able to capture the total solar eclipse yesterday in Port Stanley, Ontario in Canada!

Geophysics 🤝 Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Our final presentation for the Rosse Medal from Jeremy Rigney (DIAS) on shocks in the low solar corona. #IOPIre60

The 2024 Rosse Medal winner is Jeremy Rigney (DIAS) #IOPIre60