Hey, I’m Daragh! 👋

I’m a recent graduate from University College Dublin with a first class honours in Physics with Astronomy and Space Science. I’m particularly interested in computing, and its applications to the field of space science. I’m currently a PhD student at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies with their Planetary Magnetospheres group. I study Mercury’s magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar environment through analysis of large data sets from the MESSENGER mission, and upon its arrival, BepiColombo. My focus is on magnetospheric boundary crossing identification through automated methods.

Take a look at what I’ve been working on!

MY UNDERGRAD THESIS: COMET 62P/TSUCHINSHAN 1

Project Outline As part of my undergraduate degree, I completed a final project on a topic of my choosing. This involved: The preparation of a detailed literature review that addresses a question in modern astronomy.

JUNO UNIVERSAL PLOTTING TOOL (JUPT)

In the summer of 2023, together with the DIAS Planetary Magnetospheres group, I led the development and release of a new plotting tool for data from the Juno spacecraft (currently in orbit around Jupiter).

HORIZONS WALLPAPER

A python script to plot a live wallpaper of the solar system from the orbital information of specified objects. A sample output from the script This script queries the API of NASA JPL’s Horizons System to obtain orbital positions in cartesian coorinates.