1. Astronomy Ireland Light Pollution
Lecture & DVD
This month's Public lecture (available on DVD
nationwide) takes place next Monday evening, 8th September at 8pm, in The
Physics Building Trinity College Dublin. The talk is titled "Light
Pollution in Ireland" and will be given by Mr. Albert White of the Irish Light
Pollution Awareness Campaign (ILPAC). Albert will tell us about the financial,
environmental and astronomical cost of badly designed public lighting. More
information HERE where you can
also book tickets and order the DVD. Listen to Albert talk on "Mooney Goes
Wild" about Light Pollution HERE
2. Star-B-Q Success - Report & Photos
Skies cleared for Astronomy Ireland's annual
fund-raising barbecue under the stars last Saturday. Hundreds of people
came from all around Ireland for Star-B-Q which is now firmly established as
Ireland's biggest annual Star Party.
Sandra Dempsey won the superb NexStar 8 SE telescope worth
nearly 1,500euro donated by Celestron and Jamie Conroy from Offaly won the award
winning Celestron
SkyScout. Our NASA scientist James McAteer gave a superb talk about the Sun
and its influence. The Fire Juggler, new this year, put on an amazing
performance. Twin high powered lasers pointed our constellations and binocular
highlights as telescopes showed a host of objects.
Mark Saturday August 22nd, 2009 for our next
Star-B-Q!
3. July Lecture and DVD
World renowned broadcasters
and authors Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest gave Astronomy Ireland's July
public lecture. The lecture was based on their latest book "The History of
Astronomy" For a full report on the lecture and an opportunity to purchase the
DVD of the lecture or a copy of the book go to www.astronomy.ie/lecturerepo0708.html
4. August Lecture & DVD
Astronomy Ireland's August lecture was delivered by
outgoing President of The Royal Astronomical Society Prof. Michael
Rowan-Robinson. Whether or not you were one of the many people we had to turn
away, due to the large numbers who wanted to attend, you can obtain a DVD of the
lecture, "Measuring the Universe, the Cosmological Distance Ladder" at www.astronomy.ie/lecture200808.html A
report of the lecture can be found HERE
5. DVD Offer
Why not order the three DVDs together (July, August
and September) and beat the postage. The three DVDs will be posted to you for €7
each and only €5 P&P. Details HERE
6. B.A.A.
Meeting in Dublin
The British Astronomical Association is holding a
rare meeting in Dublin this weekend. Everyone is welcome to go along to
University College Dublin on Saturday September 6th. Pre-booking is no longer
necessary, you can just pay at the door. So, why not go along and to hear and
meet some of the great British astronomers whose books you have probably read. A
programme for the day is here.
7. Galway Lecture
The next Galway Astronomy Club (GAC) talk takes place at
Claddagh Hall, Nimmos Pier on Monday Sept 29th at 8pm when Dr. John Mc
Donald B.Sc of the Computational Astrophysics Lab, Centre for Astronomy, NUI
Galway will give a lecture entitled "The Fascinating Universe, Probing Problems
in Pulsars & Plasma using PIC" PIC is an acronym for the "Particle-In-Cell"
approach, a computational methodology for the numerical modelling of plasmas.
All Welcome
8. Kerry Meeting
The next Kerry Astronomy Club meeting takes
place on Tuesday 9th September in the ITT Tralee. Room T118 at
7.30pm where you can catch up
on all the latest on the Mars Probes and
what to see in the sky. All Welcome
9. UFO Conference
The Fifth Irish International UFO Conference will take place on the
27th/28th September in the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co.Leitrim with
speakers from Australia and America. Further details from Betty Meyler on
071 966 2844 or email - ufosocietyireland@hotmail.com.
All Welcome.
10. Eclipse Lecture
The South Dublin Astronomical Society (SDAS) meet again on
Thursday Sept 11th at 8pm in Gonzaga college, Ranelagh.The main subject of
discussion will be the total Solar Eclipse of 01 August as experienced from
China. All Welcome.
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