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Visit To Armagh Planetarium May 2014

Posted by on Aug 7, 2014 in Main, News |

Armagh Planetarium was established by the seventh director of Armagh Observatory, Dr. Eric Lindsay, who, after twenty five years of effort, secured funding from local councils and the Ministry of Commerce of Northern Ireland in 1965. In 1965 Sir Patrick Moore was appointed as Director of the Planetarium to oversee its construction. The planetarium cost...

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May Society meeting. Wednesday 21st May 2014 

May Society meeting. Wednesday 21st May 2014 

Posted by on Aug 1, 2014 in Events, Main |

The Guest speaker at the May society meeting was Prof Lee Thompson (Professor of Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Sheffield). With a presentation on Neutrinos from Space. He remarked that he was very impressed with the quality of questions put to him after his lecture. [Show as slideshow] ...

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