Trips Abroad

Each year the 4th-year Astrophysics students go on an observing trip to the Observatoire de Haute-Provence in France, as part of their final year project. They spend five nights at the observatory, during which time they plan and take observations using two research-level telescopes. When they return home to Maynooth, the students then calibrate and analyse this data as part of their final year projects.

1st-year Astrophysics students go on a trip to an Irish astronomy site, such as Birr Castle, Co. Offaly, and Armagh Planetarium.

Last year the 2nd-year Astrophysics students went to Jodrell Bank in England and did radio astronomy observations. This year's 2nd-year students head to Jodrell on 15th March.

There are also occasional trips to the European Space Agency (ESA) at ESTEC in The Netherlands, to which students of all years can sign up.

Photos of previous trips

• Obsevatoire de Haute-Provence, France, October, 2007           

• European Space Agency Labs at Noordwijk, Holland,May 2007

• Jodrell Bank, England, 2006
• Observatoire de Haute-Provence, France, 2005
  
• ESTEC, The Netherlands, 2004
  
• Birr Castle, Co. Offaly, 2004

 

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