Including the Lord Mayor of Dublin there will be 5 talks at Astro-Expo on Saturday December 2nd - well worth the effort of coming to Dublin once a year for Ireland's biggest astronomy meeting.

 

NASA Astrobiology Institute scientist Dr Martin Griffiths will give a public lecture "Reaching out to E.T."

 

From Germany, the Dr Claus Madsen will describe the work of the "European Southern Observatory"

 

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A brand new book by Irish author Anthony Murphy is the subject of the 1pm lecture "Island of the Setting Sun - In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers". His book is due out on December 7th and is sure to cause a stir.

 

Rounding off the programme is a lecture by Dr Neil Trappe of NUI Maynooth about "Far Infrared Astronomy"

 

Including the Lord Mayor's address it promises to be a superb programme of important talks, while all the time the exhibition runs in the giant hall.

 

Make sure you get there! Further details on www.astronomy.ie   Astro-Expo emergency line: 086-081 99 86