SOLARFEST 2009 - Saturday 20th June

stepryan wrote:

michaeloconnell wrote:

Thanks Frank.
I hope you are correct re the weather - 100% cloud for the day according to metcheck

pretty much the same forecast at the moment on metoblue, although maybe towards the end it might pick up.

www.meteoblue.com/index.php?id=246&L=&did=135&zf_f=3497&zf_c=ie

It has been like that almost all week with the weather. Save for Tuesday, every day was cloud and showers, yet it cleared in the evening for us to watch NLC's... We don't care about the NLC's THIS time on Saturday!

Seanie.

Professor Luke Drury DIAS opens SOLARFEST 2009



Kevin Smith gives a very entertaining talk at Dunsink Observatory



Dee talks about sketch techniques and all that good stuff




Sally Russell talks about white light sketching in front of a mini solar sketching
exhibition , which included sketches from Erika Rix , Les Cowley, Dee, Sally and Jeff Young.



Eamonn Scullion gives a cracking talk on solar physics



Nick Howes covers all bases with his talk on solar imaging



Micheal O'Connell on the Eclipse , great finishing presentation



India !!!!! there is a MONSOON coming


Kids enjoy the 3D posters and outreach material from Goddard

I have to say it was a great day for our first SOLARFEST

Could not thank our speakers enough for their wonderful contributions
Thanking all attendees for their donations to Downs Syndrome Ireland
and eating lots of ice cream.
So tried now , maybe some more later


Outreach Coordinator IFAS
www.irishastronomy.org/
www.deirdrekelleghan.com/
twitter.com/skysketcher

Were any of the events recorded? I would love to hear/ see some of the speakers!

I did not see anyone with a video recorder at all, and we had no person on the case.

There were several people taking photo's so there should be some more to add to the post later this week. A recording would have been a good idea so if anyone would like to do that for the next SOLARFEST let us know. Thanks

Deirdre Kelleghan
www.irishastronomy.org/
www.deirdrekelleghan.com/
twitter.com/skysketcher

Well done to all involved!
It looks like it was a great event.
Here is to next year.

Barberskum wrote:

Well done to all involved!
It looks like it was a great event.

It was. Very little technical stuff, suited the crowd just right methinks, will make it a nice one-day family-oriented astronomy event for sure.

Seanie.