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[Astronomy Ireland] Partial Eclipse March 29, Order AstroSolar
by Astronomy Ireland 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

Next Wednesday there will be a partial eclipse of the Sun visible from Ireland with between 20% and 15% of the Sun being covered between approx 10:50am to 12:15pm (Irish Summer Time - remember clocks go forward tonight, March 25/26). A lot of Astronomy Ireland officials won't be here because we will be in Turkey where the eclipse is Total! ( remember www.astronomy.ie/turkeyeclipse.html !? ) (The Shop and office will be open all week however, and there will be an informal viewing from the Shop on the day.) But for the 5 million of you left on this island our magazine's Sky Diary writer, David Grennan, has prepared this FREE webpage for you to get all the details you need to enjoy it from Ireland: www.astronomy.ie/ecl06.html (P.S. note that there is an error in the diagram in the second column of page 23 of the March issue of our magazine - the times give are U.T. so you must add 1 hour to get Irish Summer Time which will be in operation at that time - queries to skydiary(a)astronomy.ie ) SAFE VIEWING: The safest way to view the partial eclipse from Ireland is using AstroSolar filter sheet material which is available from our Shop on (01) 847 0777 but order soon as already ALL of our smaller Eclipse Shades have sold out! if you live in the Leinster area you'll find a map to the Shop at www.astronomy.ie/shop.html otherwise, call early on Monday morning to mail order your AstroSolar if you are to stand any chance of getting it in time for Wednesday (the Shop staff can courier it to you for an additional charge - ask for details when you call). Enjoy the eclipse, and send us a brief report for our magazine to observe(a)astronomy.ie Please pass this email on to everyone you know and let's get everyone in Ireland watching this, the last partial solar eclipse visible from Ireland until August 2008! Astronomy Ireland www.astronomy.ie (01) 847 0777

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[Astronomy Ireland] Lecture & Sir Patrick Moore, Eclipse next week
by Astronomy Ireland 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

1. LECTURE Astronomy Ireland Public Lecture March 13 "Search for Extra-solar Planets" IRISH TEAM TO HUNT DOWN PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS By Dr. Ray Butler, Physics Department, NUI Galway. Astronomers are finding more and more planets around stars outside our own solar system. It is very possible some of these distant planets may harbour life. These discoveries are made possible by amazing new technology. Dr. Butler is very much involved in the forefront of this constantly evolving technology. VENUE: Dublin City University (Henry Grattan Building, Lecture Theatre CG12) DATE: Monday March 13 at 8pm ADMISSION: All Welcome, 5euro adults and 3euro members,under18s,students,OAPs,unwaged Further details and how to get there: www.astronomy.ie/lecture0603.html You may have heard in the news that SIR PATRICK MOORE (a member of Astronomy Ireland) was taken in to hospital on Tuesday? Well, we will have a Get Well Soon card at the above lecture which you can sign and we will rush it to him the next day. The good news is that Patrick had a heart pacemaker successfully fitted and is expected to return to his home in southern England soon. We hope to visit him soon when he is better. www.astronomy.ie/images/dmpm.jpg DVD a DVD of the above lecture will be produced for all those who live outside Dublin or cannot get along. Ordering details will be here in the next day or so: www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.html 2. ECLIPSE NEXT WEEK A penumbral eclipse of the Moon will take place next Tuesday March 14. For a few minutes around 11:50pm you may see a discolouration on the bottom edge of the Moon. Details and diagram at: http://www.astronomy.ie/lunareclipsemar06.html Don't forget you can still book places on our trip to Turkey for the even more spectacular Total Solar Eclipse on March 29. See www.astronomy.ie/turkeyeclipse.html PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS! About 150 people have bought places on the trip already! Astronomy Ireland Tel (01) 847 0777 www.astronomy.ie

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