Friday 31 August 2018

An chéad staisúin eile...atá.... Maigh Nuaid....arís!

Followers of this blog might remember this post from early 2018, I had taken up a new position in DIT after almost 10 years at the NCG. Well after a hectic but enjoyable year I interviewed for a RS Lecturer role in the Dept Geography back in Maynooth. I'm very glad to say I got that post - great department, good research support structure, closer to home - too many benefits -  and am starting there next week. Today is my last day in DIT, so I am finishing grading repeats, backing up data and basically getting ready. My colleagues here in DIT were a great bunch, very welcoming and I will be sorry to leave them - but I know from experience (not just in The Roost) that the staff at Dept of Geography are a great bunch too so looking forward to starting there.

Now lets see if I can get a paper cracked out in the 2 or 3 weeks before classes start back - I have material for two ready to go.

Goodbye for now DIT and congrats on the TUI award.



Sunday 5 August 2018

Parallax and Mapping the Stars - ESA Gaia Satellite

ESA have released a beautiful video here showing how parallax (the apparent change in position of an object when viewed from two different locations - varies by range) can be used to measure the locations/distances/orbital paths of different stars and galaxies (not sure how far they go out in this video). The parallax has been greatly exaggerated for display purposes (100000 x times!) and the motion has been sped up one trillion times for the video but well worth a look for anyone working in RS or photogrammetry.

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My name is Conor. I am a Lecturer at the Department of Geography at Maynooth University. These few lines will (hopefully) chart my progress through academia and the world of research.