Sir
Patrick Moore's world record TV series The Sky at
Night is back on BBC TV this week (transmission times
below).
Pete
Lawrence is Sir Patrick's right-hand man when it comes to telling the UK what to
see in the sky each month and he
has graciously
accepted our invitation to be the main speaker at this year's Star-B-Q which has
been Ireland's biggest annual star
party for over a decade.
Star-B-Q
takes place in the very dark skies of Ireland's highest village, Roundwood, Co.
Wicklow, on Saturday, September 15th.
From
1,000 feet above sea level in the depths of the Wicklow mountains the night sky
is breath-taking, and on top of this
there will be the country's biggest array of large powerful telescopes to show
the wonders of the universe to the general
public like few people on Earth have ever seen
them.
Tickets
to the September 15th Star-B-Q include all food and drinks (no alcohol served in
the dark!) are normally €39 per adult
BUT
if you book by August 15th (i.e. one month in advance) you get a
€10 discount!
So,
get all your friends and family together and book your tickets to come and hear
one of the BBC's top astronomers speak and
see the Universe like you have never seen it
before.
The
Sky at Night, August
2012
Mon Aug 13 at 12:35am BBC 1 Northern Ireland
Wed Aug 15 at
07:30pm BBC FOUR
Wed Aug 15 at 10:30pm BBC HD
Thu Aug 16 at 01:00am BBC
FOUR
Sat Aug 18 at 12:05pm BBC 2 Northern Ireland
Sun Aug 19 at 12:00am
BBC FOUR
Note
that the BBC1 and BBC2 programmes are shorter versions (20 minutes).
Try to
watch BBC FOUR or BBC HD transmissions (30
minutes)