ASTRONOMY IRELAND MAILING LIST - www.astronomy.ie (The all-Ireland astronomy Club, Magazine and Shop) --------------------------------------------------- 1. EVENING CLASSES START THURSDAY - LAST CHANCE TO BOOK Join 100 other beginners this Thursday evening (Oct. 7) for Astronomy Ireland's Astronomy Evening Classes. Over 10 weeks Emmet Mordaunt will explain the Night Sky, Telescopes, Stars, Planets, the Cosmos, and more. The course is aimed at the general public and assumes no knowledge of astronomy. For more details and to book online see http://www.astronomy.ie/eveningclass.html You can also book by calling our Astronomy Shop on (01) 847 0777. Course costs 75euro plus 40euro subscription to Astronomy Ireland's magazine. Please pass these details along to anyone you think might be interested. 2. THE "ASTRONOMY IRELAND RADIO SHOW" AND BBC's SKY AT NIGHT There were technical problems last week at Anna Livia and the first show did not go out. A revised show has been recorded and this will be transmitted at 8pm on Dublin City Anna Livia radio (103.2 FM) on Tuesday October 5th. Join your host Ben Emmett and guests EVERY TUESDAY AT 8PM (Christy Creely and David Moore this week). For those living outside Dublin we hope to put the show online soon after transmission (http://www.astronomy.ie/webcast.html). Email your questions and comments to radio@astronomy.ie There will be a repeat of the "Astronomy Ireland Radio Show" on THURSDAY MORNINGS at 11am, a bit like the BBC's Sky at Night TV programme, which went out late Sunday night Oct. 3 and will be repeated on BBC 2 on Saturday Oct. 9 at 12:45pm ("Planet Quest" hunting for planets of other stars to the Sun) Watch it online at bbc.co.uk/skyatnight 3. 1550-111-442 TELEPHONE NEWSLINE HEADLINES THIS WEEK: UK'S TOP AMATEUR ASTRONOMER SPEAKS IN DUBLIN NEXT MONDAY - http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture0410.html X PRIZE WON!; VENUS CLOSE TO REGULUS AND THE MOON - page 27 October issue EVENING CLASSES BEGIN - http://www.astronomy.ie/eveningclass.html SATURN NEAR MOON THURSDAY - page 26 October issue AND, NEW ASTRONOMY IRELAND RADIO SHOW - http://www.astronomy.ie/webcast.html Please call our 1550-111-442 Newsline every Monday for a new weekly message. As with our Astronomy Shop proceeds help to run Astronomy Ireland (calls cost 95c/min; in UK dial 09001-88-1950 at 60p/min) - David Moore, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland. www.astronomy.ie Please order our "ECLIPSE ISSUE" (October) magazine NOW and be ready for the last TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON (Oct. 28) for over 2 years! Only 5euro including postage! Click http://www.astronomy.ie/sub or post to P.O.BOX 2888, DUBLIN 5. Astronomy Shop: Tel (01) 847 0777 Mon-Sat for ALL your astronomical needs: HALF PRICE BOOK SALE now on http://www.astronomy.ie/dm/booksale.rtf -----------------------------------------