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Cork Astronomy Club
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Some say Cork, Ireland is the Centre of the Universe. Join Cork Astronomy Club, we can show you there is a little bit more to it than that....
Visit our YouTube channel for some our public lectures Here the link to one uploaded recently.

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November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Cork Astronomy Club (a group for amateur astronomers interested in stars, planets, space exploration, and the history of astronomy; part of the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies) leaves X (1.583 followers)

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November 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The Club has decided to focus its social media efforts on other platforms, so will be leaving X shortly. We thank all our followers for their support and the sharing of wonderful Astronomy stories, and hope you continue to support us on Facebook, Instagram and BlueSky.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 114. X class alert continues….
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sunspots, update, There was yet another strong Xclass flare earlier today.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Club member Jan captured this beautiful image of the Auroras last night.
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Earth and the moon pictured here by the NASA Phyche probe from about 180 million miles away. It’s so small.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Large crowd tonight for a public lecture. Thank you to Dr Beiler for fantastic talk.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 107. Continued likelyhood of X class flares….
Photo taken by Jan and processed by Gary and both are members of our club.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Monday evening
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 87.
4274 exploded earlier with X 1.7 flare. Chance of flares…
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Monday November 10th at 7:50pm in UCC. Come join us for the next public lecture in our season. For more details check out our website corkastronomyclub.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Moon phases for November.
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Happy Halloween from everyone at Cork Astronmy club
a happy halloween sign with bats and stars
ALT: a happy halloween sign with bats and stars
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October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 68. Still no action…🎃🎃
October 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Sunspots update Sun Today- RN is 99. All sunspots are stable…..
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Clear Skies over Cork this evening and we many members out in their own backyards looking at Comet C/2025 (Lemmon) through binoculars and telescopes. And they are also having a peak at the planet Saturn.
October 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
☀️ sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 107. No activity worth reporting…
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Club member Jan lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Auroras.
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 122. The 4246 gas expanded and now has energy for X class flares. It has sent already at least 2 CMEs towards Earth….
October 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thank you Blackrock Castle Observatory for letting us borrow Alan for fantastic lecture on Photometry in front of a full house.
October 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A reminder that you are welcome at our monthly public lecture, tomorrow Monday 13th October. It's at 8 p.m. in UCC’s Ashley Cummins Building (formerly known as Civil Engineering). Please arrive 10 minutes early, and you'll be welcome to stay for tea and a chat when the meeting closes at 9.45.
October 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 81. New sunspot 4248 is growing rapidly and has already energy to produce M class flares…
Courtesy SOHO/Space Weather..
October 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 136. A small chance of M class flares…
Still the only image available from SOHO….
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
One week to go and I can’t wait.
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM