1. Nationwide Annual Moon Watches

Tonight, Wednesday 12 March at 8pm we'll be running our annual Moon Watches in Clare, Tipperary, Louth, Carlow and Dublin. Further details regarding exact locations are available on www.astronomy.ie . Let me know if you would like to run a Moon Watch in your area with your telescope or if you can help out at any of the planned locations. The Moon is an incredible sight in a powerful telescope so please tell all your family and friends, especially with the Pleiades star cluster nearby this year.

2. Public Lecture & DVD March 31 (Please note change of date and venue)

Astronomy Ireland, in association with The Irish Times, will present on Monday March 31 at 8pm in the Hamilton Building Trinity College, Lars Lindberg Christiansen, Head of Communications ESA/Hubble. Lars will present a talk entitled "Adventures with the Hubble Space Telescope" See www.astronomy.ie/Events2008.html for tickets or DVD of this talk.

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