It's been in the planning for quite some time, and we're getting close to finalising going public!
A jampacked event full of craic, laughter, interesting presentations, our inaugural Table Quiz, a Raffle to win tickets to see Prof. Brian Cox at the 3Arena in November and just a barrel of laughs throughout the day.
We are working on organising an afternoon of 'astronomy talks', a 'table quiz' and our inaugural 'raffle' on Setepmber 26th when we have a full moon and potential for some observation through our 8inch Club Scope too.
The schedule for this year's event is laid out as thus;
The BVAS Table Quiz
"We're in the early stages of finalising the content for our first annual "Astro-Hootananny" and intend on keeping it rather simple this year in 2026, that way we can deliver something awesome and build for 2027 and what will hopefully be a premiere event on the astronomy calendar every year.
Seán Ó Cearrúlláin, Club Chair
The main event of the night is our innaugural Table Quiz.
Tables are comprised of 4 people and we have space for 20 tables on the night.
The quiz will be made up of 4 rounds and their topics cover
Tables cost €40 (€10pp) and can be booked here in due course, send a mail to our club Secretary bvas2024@gmail.com to find out more.
There will be at least 3 talks on the day;
Join us in the respective projector rooms for these fantastic talks
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