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Limerick Astronomy Club
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Promoting astronomy and science in the Mid-West for over 30 years. We hybrid-meet monthly at Mary Immaculate College in LK City and love to welcome new members!
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Just got a new telescope? 🎁 Learn how to use it! Join us Dec 4th for a Beginner Telescope Talk with Tom O'Brien. Get tips on setup, aiming, and first views. 8 PM. Perfect for newcomers! #LimerickAstronomy #BeginnerTelescope #NightSky
Just got a new telescope? 🎁 Learn how to use it! Join us Dec 4th for a Beginner Telescope Talk with Tom O'Brien. Get tips on setup, aiming, and first views. 8 PM. Perfect for newcomers! #LimerickAstronomy #BeginnerTelescope #NightSky
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🌌 Get ready for "A Night of Hunting the Brightest Stars"! Join the Limerick Astronomy Club on Thursday, November 6th, 2025, at 8:00 PM in Mary Immaculate College RM 202.

🌟 Talk by John Flannery (Limerick Astronomy Club). New members welcome! Message us on Facebook to arrange.
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thank you to Tony O'Hanlon of the Limerick Astronomy Club for his fantastic talk last night, "V1, The Star That Changed the Universe"! 🌠

A special thanks for bringing in and sharing the incredible prints of the plates—it was a true highlight to see those historical visuals!
October 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Check out our next talk!

**"V1, The Star That Changed the Universe"**
A talk by Tony O'Hanlon of the Limerick Astronomy Club.

Join us on **Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, at 8:00 PM** in **Room 202, Mary Immaculate College**.

New members are always welcome! Send us a message to arrange.
September 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Join us for the next Limerick Astronomy Club meeting on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 8:00 PM! 🔭 We'll be in room 202 at Mary Immaculate College for "Sky at Night" with Angela Cloke-Hayes and "Space News" with Gordon Lalor, followed by our AGM. All are welcome, just turn up! ✨
August 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
✨ Just back from Tenerife! Join Frank Ryan & fellow club members as they share their incredible stargazing adventures under the Canary skies. 🌠

📅 THURSDAY, 5th June 2025
⏰ 8:00 PM
📍 Mary Immaculate College, Room 202
🎤 Talk: "Tenerife Skies: A Stargazer’s Paradise"

#LimerickAstronomy #AstroTravel
May 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🌠 Looking forward to dinosaur-sized discoveries at Limerick Astronomy Club! Join us May 1st at 8pm in Room 202, Mary Immaculate College, for our cosmic talk: "Asteroids, Dinosaurs and Mass Extinctions." Uncover the celestial connections that changed Earth's history forever! 🦕☄️🔭 #AstronomyTalk
April 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
✨🔭 Join us at Limerick Astronomy Club on April 3rd for our fascinating talk: "Small particles, big impact: electrons and the atmospheres of stars" with speaker Ben McKeon! 🌟 Room 202, Mary Immaculate College. All welcome! #Astronomy #Limerick #StarScience 🪐⚛️
March 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🔭✨ Join us for an exciting talk on Spectroscopy 101 with Andrew Le Gear at Limerick Astronomy Club! 🌌

📅Thursday, March 6, 2025
⏰8:00 PM
📍Mary Immaculate College, RM 202
Discover how light reveals the secrets of the universe! 🌈🌠New members welcome #Astronomy #Spectroscopy
February 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌌 Join us for an enlightening evening with Gordon Lalor at the Limerick Astronomy Club! 🚀

📅 THURSDAY, 6th February 2025
⏰ 8:00 PM
📍 Mary Immaculate College, Room 202
🎤 Talk: "Cosmology: How Did We Get Here?"

#LimerickAstronomy #Cosmology #SpaceTalk #AstronomyClub #MIC
January 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🌟 Astronomy Enthusiasts! Join us at Limerick Astronomy Club for "Blast Off into Astronomy: How to Launch your Exploration of the Universe" 🚀

📅 Thursday, January 9th at 8 PM
📍 Room 202, Mary Immaculate College

#AstronomyTalk #Limerick
December 17, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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📡 Join Limerick Astronomy Club Dec 5th at 8pm for "Beyond the basics: Advanced techniques in Deep sky astrophotography" - Room 202, Mary Immaculate College. Perfect for astrophotography enthusiasts looking to level up their skills! New Members Welcome #Astronomy #Limerick
November 25, 2024 at 2:26 PM
📡 Join Limerick Astronomy Club Dec 5th at 8pm for "Beyond the basics: Advanced techniques in Deep sky astrophotography" - Room 202, Mary Immaculate College. Perfect for astrophotography enthusiasts looking to level up their skills! New Members Welcome #Astronomy #Limerick
November 25, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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Hello Bluesky! Looking forward this breath of fresh air.
Here's a vlog of my
#astrophotography & #astronomy trip to Tenerife to photograph the #milkyway!
youtu.be/TtrkkDmflTc
Photographing the Milky Way from a volcano on Tenerife with the Move Shoot Move, Nomad star tracker
YouTube video by StargazerMan
youtu.be
November 18, 2024 at 9:10 AM