Astrophotography Workshop Series 2024
Join Shane Lavelle for an Astrophotography Workshop 16th October 2024 7pm in Ballycroy.
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20th Sept 2024: Community Constellations of Culture Night
We are excited to announce the “Community Constellations of Culture Night” ✨, this Friday, September 20th! Mayo Dark Sky Park is collaborating with the Ballycroy Community to present a special series of events for Culture Night 2024! The mobile planetarium “Pale Blue Dot” 🔵 will be presented for the first time in Mayo by the
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Astrophotography Workshop Series (September-December, 2024)
Workshop #1: Introduction to Astrophotography with Davy Patton Sept. 11th @ 7:30PM, Ballycroy Visitor Centre, Please Book at BallycroyVisitorCentre@npws.gov.ie Astrophotography Workshop Series in the Mayo Dark Sky Park, Wild Nephin National Park – Páirc NáisiĂşnta NĂ©ifinne Fiáine This Fall , join us for a series of Astrophotography Workshops for the novice astrophotographer in Mayo Dark
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Astronomy Workshops with STEM Educator, Seanie Morris, at Wild Nephin National Park (Ballycroy Visitor Centre)
This THURSDAY, Aug 1st! Join STEM Educator, @seaniemorris Seanie Morris for an afternoon filled with Astronomical discussion and hands-on learning! Both workshops are family-friendly and will be held at the Wild Nephin National Park – Páirc NáisiĂşnta NĂ©ifinne Fiáine Ballycroy Visitor Centre. Please see flyer for booking details. We hope to see you there! Exploring
Treoir do Spéir Dheireadh an tSamhraidh/ A Guide to the Late-Summer Sky
Tá áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh ChaoimhĂn Ăł CaoimhĂn’s Content ar ais chun dhá sheĂł dhátheangacha rĂ©alteolaĂochta (Gaeilge agus BĂ©arla) a chur i láthair don teaghlach ar fad. Sa chur i láthair seo, treorĂłidh CaoimhĂn trĂ spĂ©ir shamhraidh na hoĂche thĂş ó shuĂomh fĂordhorcha Pháirc SpĂ©ire Dorcha Mhaigh Eo. Agus an oiread sin le feiceáil
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Guest Post: An Unforgettable Night Under Mayo’s Aurora
12th June 2024 This week’s blog post (NorthMayo.ie) comes courtesy of Georgia MacMillan. Georgia is Mayo Dark Sky Park Development Officer; an employment-based PhD scholarship funded by the Irish Research Council and National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS). The Northern lights over Dun BrĂste Sea Stack off the north Mayo coastline in Ireland. Image by Brian Wilson (Courtesy of Mayo Dark Sky Park).
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Watch the 2024 Midsummer Full Moon
Description by Dr Frank Prendergast, TU Dublin, frank.prendergast@tudublin.ie 2024 June 21–22 From a Stellarium animation of the Moon rising, transiting and setting – customised for the Ballycroy Visitor Centre, Co. Mayo and available at https://www.mayodarkskypark.ie/what-s-on/news-items/. In higher latitudes, such as in the north of Scotland, the maximum astronomical altitude of the Moon will be less
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Visual Astronomy Event postponed to 13th April.
*Met Eireann Status Orange Weather Warning* Due to Storm Kathleen, Status Orange Weather Warning for Mayo, The Ballycroy Visitor Centre and grounds, along with the Claggan Mountain Coastal trail and Letterkeen cark parks and trails will be closed On Saturday April 6th and will re-open on Sunday 7th, Please note that Tomorrow nights Mayo Dark
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 RĂ©ateolaĂocht do ThosaitheoirĂ | Astronomy for Beginners
Events for International Dark Sky week – Wednesday 3rd April 2024 We had a fantastic turnout in Ballycroy for our first event for International dark sky week today. We were treated to an on screen explanation of the night sky by CaoimhĂn de BhailĂs Through the irish language, CaoimhĂn explored the myths and legends behind
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