Every now and again I’m asked, volunteered, or just ordered to give a talk or a tutorial on something!
Here’s a list of some of the talks I’ve given down the years. Many of these were years ago, few I still have the powerpoints for, and most would need updating anyway.
Astronomy:
– Light Pollution
– Pulsar Astronomy
– Space Radio – Meteor detection, satellite communication & free things to ‘download’ from orbiting craft.
– The Kepler Mission (ok this was pretty much Fergal’s talk!)
– Building an Observatory and doing some real science.
– Astrophotography with your Telescope & DSLR
– Planetary imagining
– The Solar Neutrino Problem (it’s now solved!)
– Spirit, Opportunity, the Allen Hills Meteorite and the case for ancient life on Mars
– Why is the night sky dark?
– Python for Amateur Astronomy (pyephem & skyfield not astropy)
– The Catholic Church and Astronomy
Computers:
– Programming in Python
– Introduction to Pandas
– Hacking 101
– Introduction to Arduino
– Finding your way around Solaris (and other random Solaris related tutorials)
– Basic Facebook Marketing with paid ads
Radio:
– Summits on the Air
Random:
– Where to start researching your family tree.