Aurora Trip Membership DVD Shop 1. BBC's The Sky at Night Comes to Ireland! Sir Patrick Moore's world record TV series THE SKY AT NIGHT is back on BBC TV this week (transmission times below) with a show about the new Curiosity Mars Rover. Pete Lawrence is Sir Patrick's right-hand man when it comes to telling the UK what to see in the sky each month and he has graciously accepted our invitation to be the main speaker at this year's Star-B-Q which has been Ireland's biggest annual star party for over a decade. Star-B-Q takes place in the very dark skies of Ireland's highest village, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow.
From 1,000 feet above sea level in the depths of the Wicklow mountains the night sky is breath-taking, and on top of this there will be the country's biggest array of large powerful telescopes to show the wonders of the universe to the general public like few people on Earth have ever seen them.
So, get all your friends and family together and book your tickets to come and hear one of the BBC's top astronomers speak and see the universe like you have never seen it before. FOR TICKETS: call (01) 890 11 11 or book online: www.astronomy.ie/sbq THE SKY AT NIGHT ON TV Sir Patrick Moore and the team discuss the Curiosity rover on Mars, and talk about what to see in the night sky. Mon Sep 03 at 12:30am BBC 1 Northern Ireland Wed Sep 05 at 07:30pm BBC FOUR Thu Sep 06 at 12:20am BBC FOUR Thu Sep 06 at 10:00pm BBC HD Sat Sep 08 at 12:00pm BBC 2 Northern Ireland Sun Sep 09 at 01:05am BBC FOUR Note that the BBC1 and BBC2 programmes are shorter versions (20 minutes). Try to watch BBC FOUR or BBC HD transmissions (30 minutes) 2. Exhibition: A View of the Cosmos by Tom O'Donoghue Tom O'Donoghue - one of Ireland's leading astrophotographers - is holding an exhibition of his stunning images at the Centre for Creative Practices starting this week from September 6th to 12th. This exhibition, entitled A View of the Cosmos, will feature some of Tom's newest single frame images and widefield mosaics of up to 60 hours of exposure time per photograph. A View of the Cosmos begins at 6pm on September 6th at 15 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin 2, and it will be launched by Astronomy Ireland's David Moore. See some of Tom's work on his website at www.astrophotography.ie 3. Public Lecture: In Search of the Northern Lights 2013 is expected to be the peak of the current solar cycle, meaning that northern lights should be more and more visible, even from Ireland! In this talk, Dr James Wild of Lancaster University will talk about the aurora borealis, or northern lights. What are they? How are the caused? Do they have any relevance to our daily lives or are they just objects of great beauty and wonder? How can we predict when they will be visible? All these questions will be answered at the talk with the aid of some amazing images of the breathtaking phenomenon. The lecture will take place on September 10th at 8pm in Trinity College Dublin. For tickets and DVDs of the lecture, please click HERE. Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular Astronomy Club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe )