I’m into astronomy. I’m currently doing an MSc in it. But mainly I like it as a hobby, usually just observing but also imaging. Most astrophotography software is written for windows (MaximDL, Registax, ImagesPlus), the pros will use IRAF but that’s overkill for most of what I do. Earlier in the year I got a […]
Dave McDonald sent a post to the Irish Astronomy forum the other day announcing that he had confirmed a supernova. As with many sciences once you make a discovery, it needs to be verified before you are taken seriously, and Dave was asked to verify the discovery and did so with rather modest equipment. The
I dont usually put up non computing topics, but since this talk is well worth attending… We are delighted to announce that we have got the well known and eminent Guy Consolmagno to give us our talk next Thursday in Gonzaga. Guy is speaking at Whirlpool in Birr which begins on the Friday after our
Hi, Thanks to Jamie O’Leary of DIT Netsoc we have a venue available for the first Irish OpenSolaris meeting. So, the time and venue DIT, Bolton St., Rm 259 @ 6:30, Tuesday 27th Sept Primary Speaker Darren Moffat, Solaris Security Architect and then a general discussion on what people would like to get out of