EVERYONE
IN IRELAND
By far the biggest event of the year is our annual
fundraising star party "Star-B-Q".
People
come from all over Ireland (and abroad!) to look at the Wonders of the Universe
(more on this tomorrow and see webpage linked at the bottom of this email) with
the biggest array of telescopes assembled in Ireland each
year.
SPEAKERS
They
also come to hear the speakers, which this year include:
-
Pete Lawrence, BBC Sky At Night presenter with Sir Patrick
Moore
-
David Grennan, Irish Supernova Hunter record-holder
-
David Moore "The Universe" talk for beginners
GET
MONEY BACK IN OFFERS!
But there's lots more for our annual
flagship event including huge discounts that will pay for your
Star-B-Q several times over!
-
Everyone gets a voucher for our Telescope Shop giving discounts of more than
your Star-B-Q ticket price!
- Huge
€50 discount on our October Evening Classes (thousands have taken this extremely
popular course)
PLUS:
-
We'll have Ireland's most powerful hand-held laser to teach you the
constellations.
- Bring your binoculars and we'll show you how to use them
for astronomy.
- See the Milky Way stretching across the sky right down to
the horizon in the dark skies.
- See satellites, shooting stars and learn the
folklore of the constellations with the naked eye.
- And see star clusters,
galaxies, gas clouds in giant telescopes like most people in the world will
never see them, and all 'live'.
(If skies are not clear we will set
the telescopes up on subsequent weekends to guarantee you a look at these
objects - so we can even beat the weather, though the forecast looks
good)
EXHIBITORS:
Then
there are the exhibitors:
- Irish Rocketry Society with real
live rockets!
- World-class astronomy photo exhibition by
Tom O'Donoghue www.astrophotography.ie
-
Planetarium - a unique portable version
- Project
Travel who organise amazing Aurora tours to Norway for
us
- Our own Telescope Shop with every type of telescope,
books, binoculars and more
THE
CRAIC
But most of all come for the amazing atmosphere in the
highest village in Ireland with exceptionally dark skies, and a terrific buzz
and excitement of Ireland's biggest astronomical gathering.
All
barbecue food (and soft drinks) are included in the admission
price.
BOOK LIFETIME
EXPERIENCE
Everyone is welcome - so bring family and
friends.
Isn't this the one event in your life that
you should everything for each year?
We think so and we've pulled out all the
stops this year with the BBC's top man to make this perhaps the best
Star-B-Q ever!
Please book before Friday so we can tell our
caterers how many people to expect: