CLUB MEMBERS WERE EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE Given ACCESS TO THE CRAWFORD OBSERVATORY IN ON THE UCC GROUNDS. @ucc.ie

On 14th of February 1990 this photo was taken by Voyager 1 and it know as pale blue dot. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

On the 18th February as sun is setting.It will be a very nice conjunction to see. But Saturn will be very difficult to see.Please take care if you’re using binoculars or telescope at this time the sun will be still above the horizon. And looking directly at the sun will do damage to your eyes sight

Thank you to all who attended the public lecture on Monday evening. Our next public lecture will be March and we are equally looking forward to it as we were to Mondays one. We will have MTU’s Dr Niall Smith and he will be giving a talk about the legendary Dr Carl Sagan.

Big thank you to Prof Paul Callahan for his fantastic talk last night. We had full house. And club is always happy to welcome him back for another one of his public lectures.

On Monday, where you will be welcome, UCC’s Prof Paul Callanan will discuss the current state and future promise of the imaginatively named Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones, a mountain at an altitude of 3,046 metres in Chile’s Atacama Desert.It is in the process of being built by ESO

It's just over a year since we joined @bsky.app. Check out our updated #StarterPack and see what's changed!

Prof Paul Callanan returns to give another public lecture this day next week. For more check out the full details in link 🔗 below corkastronomyclub.com/calendar/

Phases of the moon for the month of February.

The future of the Extremely Large Telescope On 9th February, UCC’s Prof Paul Callanan will discuss the current state and future promise of the Telescope high up on a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert. This is will be Paul’s 30th annual lecture to the Club. corkastronomyclub.com/events/the-e...

Last night club members and their families were out catching fantastic photos of the Auroras from parts of the county. It’s so beautiful to see the Aurora and incredibly special to have them visible over Cork. Photo courtesy of club members Lynda Aiden John R. Kerry Ann.

Last night in UCC we had our first public lecture of 2026. The club would like to thank our main guest speaker Dr Evert Nasedkin for his fantastic talk on how to take photo of an Exoplanet. Thank you to all who were in attendance.

We are back for our first public lecture of the new year 2026 in UCC

Today the 10th of January Jupiter is at opposition. For more details on this visit the link www.space.com/stargazing/j...

Declan C. Captured this image of the grandfather of our solar system Jupiter on 3rd of January. On the left of Jupiter, you can see Europa. One the 4 Galilean moons.

Exoplanets will be the focus our public lecture on Monday 12th of January. corkastronomyclub.com

We are back with our public lectures on the 12th of January. How to take a picture of an exoplanet” by Dr Evert Nasedkin of Trinity College Dublin (pictured). Check our website for more. corkastronomyclub.com

Today at around 5pm, The Earth was at its closest point in its orbit of Sun to the Sun. For the next 6 months we will move away from the Sun. ☀️ Astronomy fact of he day.

Happy new year from everyone @corkastronomyclub.bsky.social. Hope you all have many clear night skies.

Merry Christmas and happy new year from everyone in Cork Astronmy club. And remember we will be back in January with our public lectures.

Sunset this evening by the Lough by club member Paul.

Visit our YouTube channel for some our public lectures Here the link to one uploaded recently. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP-a...

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) Bluesky: @corkastronomyclub.bsky.social

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.

Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 114. X class alert continues….

Sunspots, update, There was yet another strong Xclass flare earlier today.

Club member Jan captured this beautiful image of the Auroras last night.

The Earth and the moon pictured here by the NASA Phyche probe from about 180 million miles away. It’s so small.

Large crowd tonight for a public lecture. Thank you to Dr Beiler for fantastic talk.

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.

Monday evening

Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 87. 4274 exploded earlier with X 1.7 flare. Chance of flares…

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

Moon phases for November.

Happy Halloween from everyone at Cork Astronmy club

Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 68. Still no action…🎃🎃

Sunspots update Sun Today- RN is 99. All sunspots are stable…..

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.

☀️ sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 107. No activity worth reporting…

Club member Jan lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Auroras.

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….

Thank you Blackrock Castle Observatory for letting us borrow Alan for fantastic lecture on Photometry in front of a full house.

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.

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..

Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 136. A small chance of M class flares… Still the only image available from SOHO….

One week to go and I can’t wait.

Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is 150. Chance of M class flares…. Still no images….🫩

Thank you Blackrock Castle observatory for hoisting a fantastic event today in Corks school of music.

Sunspots update, Sun today-RN is still 161. Chance of X class flares.