Friday, April 10th 2009

2009 - International Year of Astronomy
You can listen back to our Mooney programme for International Year of Astronomy (IYA), first broadcast on 10 April, through our on-line archives.

Thanks to our contributors Declan O Rourke; Dava Sobel; Brother Guy Consolmagna; Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell; Dr Maura Rabbette; Dan Tani; the Dunsink Observatory and the Blackrock Castle Observatory.

www.astronomy2009.ie is an umbrella website for the year and has details of events all around the country.

The book mentioned on the programme is:
Galileo's Daughter - A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel. Published by the Fourth Estate, London.



The three main Observatories on the island of Ireland are at:
Dunsink, County Dublin http://www.dias.ie/
Blackrock Castle, Cork www.bco.ie/
And the Armagh Observatory www.arm.ac.uk

And information on the Vatican Observatory can be accessed at: www.vaticanobservatory.org Amateur astronomers might be interested in contacting:
Institute of Astronomy www.irishastro.org
Astronomy Ireland www.astronomy.ie
Both these organisations run out reach and educational events around the country.

The music featured in the programme was:
Galileo by Declan O' Rourke www.declanorourke.com
The Planets- Jupiter by Gustav Holst
Theme from Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 - a Space Odyssey

Declan O'Rourke will be performing live at the Button Factory, Dublin on April 18th.

For more info click here