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1.  The Moon and Venus Tonight

The Moon and Venus will be located next to each other in the south-west sky as the Sun sets. This is a spectacular sight and we urge everyone to go out and see it! Please see page 22 of the October issue of Astronomy Ireland magazine for more details (and while you’re at it, see page 29 for details of the October 18^th lunar eclipse!).

Send your observation reports and photos to observe@astronomy.ie for publication in our magazine.

2.  Astronomy Evening Classes

Thousands of you have taken our ever-popular ‘Astronomy for Beginners’ evening classes to date, and the demand for them is as strong as ever! The evening classes commence again this week on Thursday, October 10^th, and take place in Trinity College Dublin.

In the ‘Astronomy for Beginners’ classes you will learn about finding your way around the night sky, how telescopes work, the Sun and planets in the Solar System, and much more! Everyone should do these classes, is they will help you keep up to date with the exciting celestial events taking place over the coming year, including Comet ISON, northern lights, Chinese spacecraft going to the Moon, and more!

The classes are only €180 and are suitable for people starting out in astronomy. Enrol online at www.astronomy.ie/class or call (01) 890 11 11.

Listen to David Moore speak on NEAR FM about the evening classes and upcoming celestial events HERE.

3.  Public Lecture: Robots in Space

Robots are taking over space. They've already gone to the planets, and may even go to the stars without humans ever leaving Earth. On Earth we are protected by the planet's magnetic field, but in outer space astronauts can be exposed to cosmic rays and radiation from the Sun. With big risks of damaged DNA and cancer, future human space travel to other planets will be a very risky business.

The October Public Lecture, Robots in Space, will take place at 8pm on Monday, October 14th, in Trinity College Dublin.

Order tickets and DVDs of the lecture HERE or by calling (01) 890 11 11

4.  BBC The Sky at Night

In this episode the team are at a star party to answer questions about astronomy and telescopes.

TSAN OCTOBER 2013

Thu Oct. 10 at 7:30pm BBC Four

Fri Oct. 11 at 1:30am BBC Four

Sat Oct. 12 at 9:50am BBC Two

Sun Oct. 13 at 12:55am BBC Four

Note that the BBC1 and BBC2 programmes are shorter versions (20 minutes).

Try to watch BBC FOUR transmissions (30 minutes)

All of the Sky At Night team have now given public lectures to Astronomy Ireland, all of which you can get on DVD by post at www.astronomy.ie/dvd

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