1.  Free Posters For Schools
As you know, Astronomy Ireland recently launched a new Schools' Lecture Programme, and to date we have received an excellent response from the schools we visit. We have now added to the programme with a pack of various giant, full-colour space posters for your school, which you will receive from our Education Officer on the day of the talk. If you are a parent, teacher or pupil and would like a visit to your school please go to www.astronomy.ie/outreach, call Ciara or Joseph on (01) 847 0777 or email sec@astronomy.ie.
 
 
2.  Atlantis Touches Down  
After a successful repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, the shuttle Atlantis is coming home, bringing with it the seven crew members from the last ever mission to the famous telescope. The shuttle landing, originally scheduled for Friday, May 22, at 3:01pm, has now been postponed due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Touchdown is now due to take place on Saturday, May 23 at 2:16pm, the first available landing opportunity in Florida. You can watch the landing live on www.nasa.gov/ntv and check www.nasa.gov for updates. A full report with pictures is being prepared for our magazine.
 
 
3.  What to See in Irish Skies
There are several special events in Irish skies for the next few days:
  • Comet Kopff is close to Jupiter in morning skies (closest end of May/early June). See star map to locate it on page 26 of our May magazine.
  • Venus and Mars are also in morning skies, to the lower left of Jupiter all month.
  • Neptune is close to Jupiter, closest May 26
  • Saturn is well placed for evening viewing high in the South.
  • Its moons are putting on spectacular once-in-15-year displays right now. See magazine Sky Diary for table of times to watch!
  • New Moon on Sunday May 24.
For lots more to see and reports of what Irish people have been seeing, see Sky Diary pages of our magazine.
 
Please email what you see to observe@astronomy.ie for our magazine report.
 
 
 
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