----------------------------------------------------- ASTRONOMY IRELAND MAILING LIST - www.astronomy.ie (Ireland's National Astronomy Club, Magazine and Shop) --------------3,000 members and growing-------------- 1. SKY AT NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT Patrick Moore talks to the lead scientist of the surface science package, Professor John Zarnecki, about the first results from the Huygens Titan probe. BBC One TV on Sunday night (technically Monday morning!) at 1:50am. If you miss this it will be repeated on Monday at 8:30pm on BBC Four. Reshowing Saturday 12 February, 12:30pm BBC Two. Note: Leading Cassini scientist Prof Carl Murray (who was on last month's Sky at Night with Patrick Moore!) is coming to Dublin to show the latest pictures and answer all your questions - see below. 2. ASTEROIDS OCCULT STARS For the more advanced amongst you Tolis Christou at Armagh Observatory alerts us to 2 events: A) Sunday 6th Feb, 02:40 GMT, 7.1 star. Binocular event. Potentially visible from Dublin, across counties Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, Cavan, Fermanagh and Donegal. As previous event (no moon, high altitude) but difficult time of the day to stay awake! http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2005_02/0206_472_4202_MapE.gif Apologies for short notice, it's been an incredibly busy this week with Pat Kenny Show, Irish Times features, and March magazine deadline! B) Tue 8th Feb, 23:17 GMT, 10.4 star. Short event (< 3 sec) involving a relatively small asteroid. Current track and uncertainty estimate sweeps through counties Wicklow up to Antrim heading west. http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2005_02/0208_1936_4225_MapEW.gif 3. DUBLIN LECTURE FEB 14 "CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION TO SATURN" Following the Irish Times article (Feb 3 page 15) by Dick Ahlstrom and the Irish Times advertisement (Feb 4 page 4) booking has been extremely heavy for this event and we have had to move to a larger theatre as so many people wanted to hear the Cassini expert who is coming to Ireland so soon after the historic landing on Titan and the on-going Cassini mission imaging Saturn and its moons from 2004-2008. Details at http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture0502.html To book seats email lecture@astronomy.ie?subject=Feb14Dublin and give your name and number of tickets required (5euro each) and YOU MUST put "Feb 14 Dublin" in the subject line. It's going to be a fantastic evening so I hope to see you all there. 4. CORK LECTURE "CORK'S NEW OBSERVATORY" The Cork Branch of Astronomy Ireland is having a meeting in Jury's Hotel, Western Road, Cork at 8:00pm on Thursday February 24. Guest speakers will be Damian O'Mahony, Communications Director, Cork City Council and Professor Niall Smith who is an astrophysicist with Cork Institute of Technology. They will be talking about the new European Robotic and Astronomical Observatory at Blackrock Castle, Cork (see page 32 of Astronomy Ireland's November 2004 magazine A&S), which is to be opened this year as part of the European City of Culture celebrations. To book seats email lecture@astronomy.ie?subject=Feb24Cork and give your name and number of tickets required (5euro each) and YOU MUST put "Feb 24 Cork" in the subject line. - David Moore, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland Tel: (01) 847 0777 Visit www.astronomy.ie Please support our club, magazine, and the ASTRONOMY SHOP at Unit 75, Butterly Business Park, Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5. IRELAND'S BIGGEST TELESCOPE SHOP