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. In September, I’m starting a PhD at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies with their Planetary Magnetospheres group to study Mercury’s magnetosphere.

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...