Special Christmas Offer Events DVDs Shop "Life is what passes you by when you're making plans..." - John Lennon So take a break this Christmas and come to Astronomy Ireland's Special Lecture, which will inspire you for life! For a very special Christmas Lecture, Astronomy Ireland have enlisted the Director-General of the European Space Observatory (ESO), Professor Tim de Zeeuw, to enthral and excite guests with details of some of the world's largest telescopes, over which he has control. The ESO is clearly the world leader in astronomy and telescope facilities and it is astonishing and overwhelming that Astronomy Ireland have a man of his calibre giving our most exciting talk of the year. Although ESO has 14 members, Ireland is not one of them. Several prominent astronomers and astronomy groups in Ireland have expressed their views that Ireland should join, arguing that it would allow the growing number of astronomy graduates in Ireland to continue their work, and would also attract into the Irish economy the expertise required to sustain and develop the technology demanded by ESO facilities. Astronomy Ireland's Christmas Lecture will prove to be thought-provoking and will raise awareness of the benefits of a smart economy. Astronomy Ireland's Major Christmas talk takes place next Monday, December 14, at 8pm in the Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin. For more information and to book your places click HERE. If you can't make it to the event there will be a DVD available to order. BOOK YOUR TICKET(S) HERE After the lecture there will be a social reception in The Lombard and we encourage all of you to come along and have a chat with Professor de Zeeuw. All are welcome to attend and food will be kindly provided by The Lombard. Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular Astronomy Club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe ) Our Online Telescope Shop