"Heavens Above" Exhibition comes to Carrickfergus Museum 9th November - 6th January 2018

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Heavens Above

Launch Event - 7pm - 9:30pm Friday 10th November

Introduction by The Mayor of Mid and East Antrim with talks by Dr Mike Simms from the Ulster Museum on Meteorites and IAA President Paul Evans on Beginners' Astrophotograhy. Virtual Reality Demonstration, Stardome sessions and, weather permitting, Night Sky Observng. £2 charge for Stardome

Stardome sessions 2pm - 4:30pm Saturday 11th November

Lecture Weds 15th Nov – Dr David Lisk, ‘Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs’

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Dr David Lisk

Spectroscopy is a technique used to measure the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation and includes the visible light which radiates from stars and hot celestial objects.

This talk explains the terms used in astro-spectroscopy and examines how, using technology now available to the amateur astronomer, scientific measurements of a star’s type, temperature and chemical composition can be made.

Lecture Weds 1st Nov - Prof Tom Ray, DIAS: ‘Preparing for Science with the James Webb Space Telescope’

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Prof Tom Ray

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is due for launch in October of next year on an Ariane V rocket. With much more light gathering power than Hubble, and the ability to operate well into the infrared, it will explore such topics as the re-ionization of the Universe, the formation of galaxies at very high redshifts, the birth of stars and planets, and exoplanet atmospheres.

Lecture - Weds 18th October - Laura Keogh, Inspire Space -"Space law: owning stars, mining asteroids and Asgardia"

Submitted by iaaadmin on Sun, 2017-10-15 12:55
Laura Keogh
This fascinating talk will cover the traditional international legal regime, and then explain how it is beginning to change due to private entities and go on to explain what legal obligations would exist for a space nation under the current laws.   With the ever-increasing pace of space exploration, and proposals for bases and mining on the Moon, capturing and mining asteroids, and eventually setting up bases on Mars, not to mention the new 'Space Nation Asgardia of which Laura has been a member since May 2016; just what are the national and international laws governing space?
 

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