Strong Irish links to the Solar Orbiter launch at Cape Canaveral
Scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) attended the launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday 10th February.
Solar Orbiter will address some of the most challenging problems in space science and help us understand how the sun operates and impacts the Earth and the entire Solar System. It was launched from Cape Canaveral at 4:03m Irish time on Monday 10th February and will spend 7 years on its mission, sending images back to the Earth.
There are strong Irish connections to the Solar Orbiter: researchers from DIAS were involved in the development of software for the satellite, while an Irish company – ENBIO – developed the protective heat shield that will enable the Orbiter to study the sun at an unprecedented level of proximity.
Professor Peter Gallagher, Head of DIAS Astrophysics, is a Co-Investigator for the Solar Telescope Imaging X-rays (STIX) instrument on Solar Orbiter, and attended the launch in Florida, along with DIAS researcher Dr. Shane Maloney, who worked on software for the spacecraft.
Speaking in advance of the launch, Professor Gallagher said: “Irish research and innovation have played a vital role in the development of the Solar Orbiter. The observations the Orbiter will collect will help scientists better understand what drives the sun’s activity and how the Sun effect the Earth. It is testament to the calibre of researchers working in Ireland that we have such strong Irish involvement in this project.”
Ireland’s membership of the European Space Agency, funded by the Government through the Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation, enables Irish industry and research institutes to participate in the development of technologies for ESA science missions such as Solar Orbiter.
Irish companies ENBIO and CAPTEC won a total of €3.1M in industrial contracts for the Solar Orbiter mission, with ENBIO developing a unique thermal coating for the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna and heatshield, and CAPTEC providing software services to ensure that Solar Orbiter’s critical onboard software is fit for purpose.
Trinity College Dublin and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies received ESA funding of €965k to support the development of imaging software for the STIX (Spectrometer/Telescope Imaging X-rays) instrument, one of ten science instruments on Solar Orbiter.
Professor Peter Gallagher and Dr. Shane Maloney are available for interview/comment.
Professor Peter Gallagher at the recent DIAS 2020 launch
The Annals of Connacht is a vellum manuscript that was written in the mid-16th century. The contents were derived from older annals compiled for the O’Conors of the Connacht and contain an annual record of significant events over 320 years, and... (2/3)
Date: 19 October 1944
Paper: The Irish Press
Synopsis:
DIAS has been publishing books since it's founding. One such early publication is the edited manuscript of the Annals of Connacht (Annála Connacht) which was edited for the first time by Martin Freeman of DIAS. (1/3)
This work was to help towards the preservation of the Irish Language, to maintain it's continuity with the past, and was to become a resource for teachers to check pronunciation
#DIASdiscovers#Irish#Irishlanguage#CelticStudies#Gaelic
The researchers used the International Phonetic Alphabet, slightly modified to represent vowels and consonants of living speech. At that time there were concerns over the deterioration of the Irish language due to the "overpowering influence of English"
Date: 02 June 1943
Paper: The Irish Press
Synopsis:
In 1943, a phonetic investigation led by Brian Ó Cuív, Risteárd B. Breathnach and Tomás de Bhaldraithe of DIAS would begin the first systematic scientific recording of the varied sounds of modern Gaelic speech.
The papers were
1) Affine Field Theory: conservation identitites and relation to Weyl and Eddington
2)The Union of the three fundamental fields (Gravitation, Menson, Electromagnetism)
Which went on to secure worldwide acclaim.
#DIASdiscovers
Date: 01 December 1943
Paper: The Irish Press
Headline: Two Papers by Dr. Schroedinger
Synopsis: 1943 was a busy year for Schroedinger. Not only did he deliver the "What is Life?" Lectures in @tcddublin in February in November he delivered two papers in the @RIAdawson (1/2)
"In the lives of St. Patrick, the two saints are invariably fused into one", said Prof. O'Rahilly in his lecture.
The lecture was a condensation from O’Rahilly’s book “The two Patricks: a lecture on the history of Christianity in fifth-century Ireland”. (4/5)
He was known by his first name Patricius, which in later times would lead to confusion as he was succeeded by another apostle of the same name (Saint Patrick or Patricius in Latin). (3/5)
Date: 21st March 1942
Paper: The Irish Press
Headline: Palladius and Patrick | School Of Celtic Studies Lecture
Synopsis: The first public lecture under the auspices of the School of Celtic Studies was delivered in Trinity College by Professor T. F. O'Rahilly in 1942. (1/5)
As part of our ongoing participation in the @HistFest we decided to take a look into the Irish Newspaper Archives and see where DIAS made it into print over the last 80 years. There were so many articles, the hardest part was selecting what we would post. We hope you enjoy!
DIAS & the ESA Solar Orbiter
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Last Updated: 11th February 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Strong Irish links to the Solar Orbiter launch at Cape Canaveral
Scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) attended the launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday 10th February.
Solar Orbiter will address some of the most challenging problems in space science and help us understand how the sun operates and impacts the Earth and the entire Solar System. It was launched from Cape Canaveral at 4:03m Irish time on Monday 10th February and will spend 7 years on its mission, sending images back to the Earth.
There are strong Irish connections to the Solar Orbiter: researchers from DIAS were involved in the development of software for the satellite, while an Irish company – ENBIO – developed the protective heat shield that will enable the Orbiter to study the sun at an unprecedented level of proximity.
Professor Peter Gallagher, Head of DIAS Astrophysics, is a Co-Investigator for the Solar Telescope Imaging X-rays (STIX) instrument on Solar Orbiter, and attended the launch in Florida, along with DIAS researcher Dr. Shane Maloney, who worked on software for the spacecraft.
Speaking in advance of the launch, Professor Gallagher said: “Irish research and innovation have played a vital role in the development of the Solar Orbiter. The observations the Orbiter will collect will help scientists better understand what drives the sun’s activity and how the Sun effect the Earth. It is testament to the calibre of researchers working in Ireland that we have such strong Irish involvement in this project.”
Ireland’s membership of the European Space Agency, funded by the Government through the Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation, enables Irish industry and research institutes to participate in the development of technologies for ESA science missions such as Solar Orbiter.
Irish companies ENBIO and CAPTEC won a total of €3.1M in industrial contracts for the Solar Orbiter mission, with ENBIO developing a unique thermal coating for the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna and heatshield, and CAPTEC providing software services to ensure that Solar Orbiter’s critical onboard software is fit for purpose.
Trinity College Dublin and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies received ESA funding of €965k to support the development of imaging software for the STIX (Spectrometer/Telescope Imaging X-rays) instrument, one of ten science instruments on Solar Orbiter.
Professor Peter Gallagher and Dr. Shane Maloney are available for interview/comment.
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...obituaries of prominent individuals The manuscript has been preserved in the @Library_RIA since 1883. (3/3) @HistFest #DIASdiscovers #connacht #books
The Annals of Connacht is a vellum manuscript that was written in the mid-16th century. The contents were derived from older annals compiled for the O’Conors of the Connacht and contain an annual record of significant events over 320 years, and... (2/3)
Date: 19 October 1944 Paper: The Irish Press Synopsis: DIAS has been publishing books since it's founding. One such early publication is the edited manuscript of the Annals of Connacht (Annála Connacht) which was edited for the first time by Martin Freeman of DIAS. (1/3)
This work was to help towards the preservation of the Irish Language, to maintain it's continuity with the past, and was to become a resource for teachers to check pronunciation #DIASdiscovers #Irish #Irishlanguage #CelticStudies #Gaelic
The researchers used the International Phonetic Alphabet, slightly modified to represent vowels and consonants of living speech. At that time there were concerns over the deterioration of the Irish language due to the "overpowering influence of English"
Date: 02 June 1943 Paper: The Irish Press Synopsis: In 1943, a phonetic investigation led by Brian Ó Cuív, Risteárd B. Breathnach and Tomás de Bhaldraithe of DIAS would begin the first systematic scientific recording of the varied sounds of modern Gaelic speech.
Happy Birthday! twitter.com/thecelticist/s…
The papers were 1) Affine Field Theory: conservation identitites and relation to Weyl and Eddington 2)The Union of the three fundamental fields (Gravitation, Menson, Electromagnetism) Which went on to secure worldwide acclaim. #DIASdiscovers
Date: 01 December 1943 Paper: The Irish Press Headline: Two Papers by Dr. Schroedinger Synopsis: 1943 was a busy year for Schroedinger. Not only did he deliver the "What is Life?" Lectures in @tcddublin in February in November he delivered two papers in the @RIAdawson (1/2)
Available to buy on the DIAS bookshop: books.dias.ie/index.php?main… (5/5) #DIASdiscovers #celtic #studies #twopatricks
"In the lives of St. Patrick, the two saints are invariably fused into one", said Prof. O'Rahilly in his lecture. The lecture was a condensation from O’Rahilly’s book “The two Patricks: a lecture on the history of Christianity in fifth-century Ireland”. (4/5)
He was known by his first name Patricius, which in later times would lead to confusion as he was succeeded by another apostle of the same name (Saint Patrick or Patricius in Latin). (3/5)
He spoke on "Palladius and Patrick". Palladius was the first bishop of the Christians of Ireland. (2/5)
Date: 21st March 1942 Paper: The Irish Press Headline: Palladius and Patrick | School Of Celtic Studies Lecture Synopsis: The first public lecture under the auspices of the School of Celtic Studies was delivered in Trinity College by Professor T. F. O'Rahilly in 1942. (1/5)
As part of our ongoing participation in the @HistFest we decided to take a look into the Irish Newspaper Archives and see where DIAS made it into print over the last 80 years. There were so many articles, the hardest part was selecting what we would post. We hope you enjoy!
@AReillyFailte @CultureNight @VisitDublin Thanks Antoinette! Glad you enjoyed 😊