Programme of Events
Event Detail
Talks & Debates
Schrodinger Lecture Theatre
Physics Department
Trinity College Dublin
July 2nd at 8pm
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The Astronomy of Birr Castle and the Big Bang
Schrodinger Lecture Theatre
Physics Department
Trinity College Dublin
July 2nd at 8pm
Book tickets at website
The Astronomy of Birr Castle and the Big Bang by Dr Cormac O’ Raifeartaigh (WIT), Astronomy Ireland is a public science lecture for a large audience. It will describe the construction of the world’s largest telescope at Birr Castle in Ireland by William Parsons, the third Earl of Ross, in the 1840s. The importance of the astronomy at Birr Castle in the development of the big bang model of the universe will also be discussed.
