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[Astronomy Ireland]June Lecture ONLINE now for Members All Around Ireland
by Astronomy Ireland 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

Astronomy Ireland's JUNE PUBLIC LECTURE "Aliens, Where Are They?" given by Terry Moseley (IAA) is now available online at Astronomy Ireland's website: http://www.astronomy.ie/ Just click on "Lecture Webcasts" on the sidebar and then click on "June" Note: you can watch 10 other past lectures online also, just click any of the other months! July is the only one that will not work as it has been cleared out in anticipation of our next lecture "My Home-Built Observatory" by Kevin Sweeney an Astronomy Ireland member from Co. Meath who has built a simple yet effective observatory for his 10-inch telescope. Kevin's Lecture to Astronomy Ireland will take place at 8:00pm on Monday July 14th in the main lecture hall of the Henry Grattan Building in Dublin City University (see http://www.astronomy.ie/events.html and see the map of DCU at http://www.astronomy.ie/nextlecture.html) Mark you calendar/diary now! All welcome. APOLOGY: We had some problems with the sound at the start of Terry's lecture (about 7 minutes 15 seconds) in to the webcast that you will see. After 1 minute the sound comes back but there is a bit of crackling but after a while the sound settles down and is perfect until the end. Our apologies to Terry for that and to you, but the vast majority of his very interesting and stimulating talk is audible so please don't let this put you off, especially if you are a member of Astronomy Ireland who lives far from Dublin as this is one of the unique ways we have of reaching out to members all around the country. STAR-B-Q coming August 22: The July issue of our magazine Astronomy & Space should be with you in the post this week (if you are not already a member please subscribe here: http://www.astronomy.ie/subscribe.html and support our goal of promoting astronomy in Ireland). Included in the July issue is a booking form for the August Star-B-Q with a special offer to members until July 31st. Remember, the last 4 Star-B-Qs have been sold out by the end of the members' offer so don't leave it too late and book as soon as the form drops through your letterbox - don't let that 48 page full colour magazine distract you too much! ===== David Moore BSc FRAS, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Editor, "Astronomy & Space" magazine. ASTRONOMY SHOP: open Mon.-Fri. 9am-6pm and Sat. noon-6pm. Tel (01) 847 0777. Fax (01) 847 0771. WWW: http://www.astronomy.ie (Subscribe FREE to AI's Events emailing list) Email: info(a)astronomy.ie

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[Astronomy Ireland] AI Special Public Lecture by top astronomer "Aliens, Where Are They?" June 9. Also, Astrology Lecture June 11
by Astronomy Ireland 09 Jun '03

09 Jun '03

We hope that everyone will make the effort to come and hear one of Ireland's top amateur astronomers, Mr. Terry Moseley (see biogrpahy below) speak in Dublin: Astronomy Ireland is bringing Terry Moseley all the way from Co. Antrim to give the A.I. June Public Lecture in D.C.U. on Monday June 9 so we are hoping all of you reading this will make the effort to attend. JUNE PUBLIC LECTURE: "ALIENS, WHERE ARE THEY?" is an update on the Fermi Paradox. In the 1950s and 60s while working on the development of nuclear bombs, the world renowned physicist Enrico Fermi worked out how likely we were to be visited by aliens given our best ideas of how we think life got started and how often that should happen in the universe as it was known then. He concluded there should be many advanced civilisations in contact with us now. The fact that they are not gave rise to the Fermi Paradox. Terry Moseley will look at this problem using the latest knowledge about life and the universe to update the Fermi Paradox. It promises to be a fascinating evening of discovery and all are welcome so please bring a friend. OUR SPEAKER: Terry Moseley is the President of the Irish Astronomical Association. He will travel from Co. Antrim to Dublin to give this talk. Terry is well known and respected in the astronomical community not only in Ireland but abroad. He knows Patrick Moore since his time as Director of the Planetarium at Armagh in the late 1960s. Earlier this year the International Astronomical Union (IAU) honoured him naming minor planet 16693 named after him (See http://star.arm.ac.uk/press/TerryMoseley-Asteroid.html for details). Picture: http://star.arm.ac.uk/press/tmpics/TerryM_sm.jpg WHEN & WHERE: AI June Public Lecture "Aliens, Where Are They?" by Terry Moseley Dublin City University in the main lecture hall of the Henry Grattan Building (see map http://www.dcu.ie/dcumisc/location/campus.html) on Monday June 9th at 8:00pm Admission : 5euro (3euro to concessions: members, under18, over65, unwaged, student) ALL WELCOME. PLEASE BRING FRIENDS. Please forward this to everyone you think might be interested. They will be very welcome. -------------------------------------------------------------- Another public lecture "ASTRONOMY: DOES THE COSMOS CARE" has been organised by Ballymun Public Library and will be given by Emmet Mordaunt (from Astronomy Ireland). The lecture is open to everyone and will take place in Ballymun Public Library at 6:30pm pon Wednesday June 11th. No admission charge. Emmet Mordaunt will examine the truth behind astrology - the art of judging reputed occult influence of stars, planets, etc. on human affairs. P.S. David Moore is due to give a similar lecture to the Irish Skeptics Society on September 3rd - see July issue of Astronomy Ireland's magazine "Astronomy & Space" in the Society news pages (July issue is due out approx. June 18 -------------------------------------------------------------- ===== David Moore BSc FRAS, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Editor, "Astronomy & Space" magazine. ASTRONOMY SHOP: open Mon.-Fri. 9:30am-5:30pm and Sat. noon-6pm. Tel (01) 847 0777. Fax (01) 847 0771. WWW: http://www.astronomy.ie (Subscribe FREE to AI's Events emailing list) Email: info(a)astronomy.ie

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