{"id":975,"date":"2022-10-30T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/?p=975"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:40:42","slug":"mayo-dark-sky-festival-theme-astronomy-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/ga\/news\/mayo-dark-sky-festival-theme-astronomy-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo Dark Sky Festival &#8211; Theme: Astronomy &amp; Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/b2ap3_large_3.png\" alt=\"Guest Collage\" class=\"wp-image-978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/b2ap3_large_3.png 940w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/b2ap3_large_3-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/b2ap3_large_3-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Environmental Theme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving out of this world\u2026. from angels and demons to photons and quarks\u2026we cannot wait to hear from&nbsp;<strong>Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Director of the Vatican Observatory and co-author of the classic astronomy book (with Dan Davis) &#8220;Turn Left at Orion&#8221;. Brother Guy will be presenting his talk on &#8220;Catholic&#8221; Cosmologies in Newport on Sunday afternoon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>If you are a newcomer to astronomy, don&#8217;t miss&nbsp;<strong>Derek Dempsey<\/strong>&nbsp;of Newport Astronomy Club presenting &#8220;First Steps in Astronomy&#8221; and&nbsp;<strong>Brendan Owens<\/strong>, Public Engagements Manager for the Institute of Physics, who will be presenting &#8220;Next Steps in Astronomy&#8221;.<br><br><strong>StarDome<\/strong>&nbsp;from Blackrock Castle Observatory! We are delighted to welcome back the team from BCO who will be presenting Planetarium shows over the weekend. 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Well if you head to Mulranny on Sunday morning, you will get a chance to consider this and other questions of Space Law in discussion with lawyer&nbsp;<strong>Rebecca Senior<\/strong>.<br><br>Peering into the darkness is the title of Professor&nbsp;<strong>Sera Markoff&#8217;s<\/strong>&nbsp;talk about black holes in the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) era. 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